Chemtrails, crisis, and loss in an interconnected world

Visual Anthropology Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 12-23

  Bakalaki, Alexandra ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

chemtrails; conspiracy theory; Greek economic crisis; New World Order; photography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969261800     PISSN: 10587187     EISSN: 15487458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/var.12089     Document Type: Review

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