Collaborative Moments: Expanding the Anthropological Field through Cross-Disciplinary Practice

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Collaborative Moments : Expanding the Anthropological Field through Cross-Disciplinary Practice. / Hastrup, Kirsten Blinkenberg.

In: Ethnos. Journal of Anthropology, Vol. 83, No. 2, 2018, p. 316-334.

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Hastrup, KB 2018, 'Collaborative Moments: Expanding the Anthropological Field through Cross-Disciplinary Practice', Ethnos. Journal of Anthropology, vol. 83, no. 2, pp. 316-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2016.1270343

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Hastrup, K. B. (2018). Collaborative Moments: Expanding the Anthropological Field through Cross-Disciplinary Practice. Ethnos. Journal of Anthropology, 83(2), 316-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2016.1270343

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Hastrup KB. Collaborative Moments: Expanding the Anthropological Field through Cross-Disciplinary Practice. Ethnos. Journal of Anthropology. 2018;83(2):316-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2016.1270343

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Hastrup, Kirsten Blinkenberg. / Collaborative Moments : Expanding the Anthropological Field through Cross-Disciplinary Practice. In: Ethnos. Journal of Anthropology. 2018 ; Vol. 83, No. 2. pp. 316-334.

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