The materiality of mathematics: Presenting mathematics at the blackboard

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 502-528

  Greiffenhagen, Christian ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inscriptions; Materiality; Mathematics; Workplace studies

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PROCEDURES; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIOLOGY; TEACHING;

HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; SOCIAL THEORY; SOCIOLOGY; TEACHING;

EID: 84927581210     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.12037     Document Type: Article

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