'Is it a donkey?': Presences, senses and figuration in human-technological border control

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'Is it a donkey?' : Presences, senses and figuration in human-technological border control. / Møhl, Perle.

The biometric border world: technologies, bodies and identities on the move. red. / Karen Fog Olwig; Kristina Grünenberg; Perle Møhl; Anja Simonsen. Oxon, New York : Routledge, 2019. s. 100-114 (Routledge Studies in Anthropology).

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Møhl, P 2019, 'Is it a donkey?': Presences, senses and figuration in human-technological border control. i KF Olwig, K Grünenberg, P Møhl & A Simonsen (red), The biometric border world: technologies, bodies and identities on the move. Routledge, Oxon, New York, Routledge Studies in Anthropology, s. 100-114. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367808464

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Møhl, P. (2019). 'Is it a donkey?': Presences, senses and figuration in human-technological border control. I K. F. Olwig, K. Grünenberg, P. Møhl, & A. Simonsen (red.), The biometric border world: technologies, bodies and identities on the move (s. 100-114). Routledge. Routledge Studies in Anthropology https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367808464

Vancouver

Møhl P. 'Is it a donkey?': Presences, senses and figuration in human-technological border control. I Olwig KF, Grünenberg K, Møhl P, Simonsen A, red., The biometric border world: technologies, bodies and identities on the move. Oxon, New York: Routledge. 2019. s. 100-114. (Routledge Studies in Anthropology). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367808464

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Møhl, Perle. / 'Is it a donkey?' : Presences, senses and figuration in human-technological border control. The biometric border world: technologies, bodies and identities on the move. red. / Karen Fog Olwig ; Kristina Grünenberg ; Perle Møhl ; Anja Simonsen. Oxon, New York : Routledge, 2019. s. 100-114 (Routledge Studies in Anthropology).

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