Reinventing the doubt of the icon: A virtual case study in a post-Soviet country's capital

Urbani Izziv

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 79-92

  Mavromatidis, Lazaros E ^a   Mavromatidi, Asimina ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Armenia; Cultural landscape; Doubt; Radical imaginary; Rescaling; Virtual landscape; Yerevan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876210884     PISSN: 03536483     EISSN: 18558399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2012-23-02-001     Document Type: Article

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