Introduction: Blurring boundaries: The "real" and the "virtual" in hybrid spaces

Human Organization

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-193

  Jordan, Brigitte ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Blurring; Hybrid ethnography; Hybrid spaces; Knowledge flows; Lifescapes

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 85046914736     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.68.2.7x4406g270801284     Document Type: Article

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