Flexible Sketches and Inflexible Data Bases: Visual Communication, Conscription Devices, and Boundary Objects in Design Engineering

Science, Technology & Human Values

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 448-473

  Henderson, Kathryn ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84965431678     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016224399101600402     Document Type: Article

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