Transacting ontologies: Kockelman's sieves and a Bayesian anthropology

HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 63-75

  Maurer, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84906057007     PISSN: 20491115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14318/hau3.3.004     Document Type: Article

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