Beyond risk: Emplacement and the production of environmental evidence

American Ethnologist

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 516-530

  Reno, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Evidence; Place; Risk; Science and technology; Waste

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960015087     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2011.01320.x     Document Type: Article

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