Introduction: The Becoming Topological of Culture

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 3-35

  Lury, Celia ^a   Parisi, Luciana ^b   Terranova, Tiziana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c University on Naples   (Italy)

Author keywords

change; comparison; continuity; models; networks; topological culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867054744     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276412454552     Document Type: Article

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