Liberating the Ethnological Imagination

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ID3100130
AuthorsU Kockel (0000-0001-7094-8268, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume38
Issue1
Publication date2008-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnologia Europaea (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0425-4597 • E-ISSN: 1604-3030
PublisherBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.16995/ee.1028
OpenAlexW86816145
LanguageEN
Citations received2

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Art · Ethnology · Humanities · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Multilingual Education and Policy

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