Cultural Topology: The Seven Bridges of Königsburg, 1736

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 43-57

  Shields, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cultural topology; engaged research; networks; social spatialization; space; time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867048946     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276412451161     Document Type: Article

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