Deliberate Perspectival Obstructions: Looking at Nothing in Papua New Guinea

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Deliberate Perspectival Obstructions : Looking at Nothing in Papua New Guinea. / Mikkelsen, Henrik Hvenegaard; Rasmussen, Anders Emil.

I: Ethnos, Bind 82, Nr. 5, 2017, s. 867-885.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Mikkelsen, HH & Rasmussen, AE 2017, 'Deliberate Perspectival Obstructions: Looking at Nothing in Papua New Guinea', Ethnos, bind 82, nr. 5, s. 867-885. https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2015.1107606

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Mikkelsen, H. H., & Rasmussen, A. E. (2017). Deliberate Perspectival Obstructions: Looking at Nothing in Papua New Guinea. Ethnos, 82(5), 867-885. https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2015.1107606

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Mikkelsen HH, Rasmussen AE. Deliberate Perspectival Obstructions: Looking at Nothing in Papua New Guinea. Ethnos. 2017;82(5):867-885. https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2015.1107606

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Mikkelsen, Henrik Hvenegaard ; Rasmussen, Anders Emil. / Deliberate Perspectival Obstructions : Looking at Nothing in Papua New Guinea. I: Ethnos. 2017 ; Bind 82, Nr. 5. s. 867-885.

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