The Topological Quality of Infrastructural Relation: An Ethnographic Approach

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 76-92

  Harvey, Penelope ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

connectivity; infrastructure; Peru; relationality; state space; topological approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867036470     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276412448827     Document Type: Article

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