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Reassembling Surveillance Creep

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Reassembling Surveillance Creep. / Bøge, Ask Risom; Lauritsen, Peter.

In: Akademisk Kvarter, Vol. 15, 10.2017, p. 27-39.

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Harvard

Bøge, AR & Lauritsen, P 2017, 'Reassembling Surveillance Creep', Akademisk Kvarter, vol. 15, pp. 27-39.

APA

Bøge, A. R., & Lauritsen, P. (2017). Reassembling Surveillance Creep. Akademisk Kvarter, 15, 27-39.

CBE

Bøge AR, Lauritsen P. 2017. Reassembling Surveillance Creep. Akademisk Kvarter. 15:27-39.

MLA

Bøge, Ask Risom and Peter Lauritsen. "Reassembling Surveillance Creep". Akademisk Kvarter. 2017, 15. 27-39.

Vancouver

Bøge AR, Lauritsen P. Reassembling Surveillance Creep. Akademisk Kvarter. 2017 Oct;15:27-39.

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Bøge, Ask Risom ; Lauritsen, Peter. / Reassembling Surveillance Creep. In: Akademisk Kvarter. 2017 ; Vol. 15. pp. 27-39.

Bibtex

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