Small technologies, big change: Rethinking infrastructure through STS and geography

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Progress in Human Geography

• Publication date

  2011-08-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Engineering, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1177/0309132510380488
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