The politics of boundary objects: Hegemonic interventions and the making of a document

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2528-2539

  Huvila, Isto ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY OBJECTS; DISCOURSE THEORY;

EID: 80755153210     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21639     Document Type: Article

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