Multimodal Sorting: The flow of images across social media and anthropological analysis

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Multimodal Sorting : The flow of images across social media and anthropological analysis. / Waltorp, Karen.

Experimenting with Ethnography: A Companion to Analysis. ed. / Andrea Ballestero; Brit Winthereik. Durham, : Duke University Press, 2021. p. 133-150 (Experimental Futures).

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Harvard

Waltorp, K 2021, Multimodal Sorting: The flow of images across social media and anthropological analysis. in AB & B Winthereik (eds), Experimenting with Ethnography: A Companion to Analysis. Duke University Press, Durham, , Experimental Futures, pp. 133-150.

APA

Waltorp, K. (2021). Multimodal Sorting: The flow of images across social media and anthropological analysis. In A. B., & B. Winthereik (Eds.), Experimenting with Ethnography: A Companion to Analysis (pp. 133-150). Duke University Press. Experimental Futures

Vancouver

Waltorp K. Multimodal Sorting: The flow of images across social media and anthropological analysis. In AB, Winthereik B, editors, Experimenting with Ethnography: A Companion to Analysis. Durham, : Duke University Press. 2021. p. 133-150. (Experimental Futures).

Author

Waltorp, Karen. / Multimodal Sorting : The flow of images across social media and anthropological analysis. Experimenting with Ethnography: A Companion to Analysis. editor / Andrea Ballestero ; Brit Winthereik. Durham, : Duke University Press, 2021. pp. 133-150 (Experimental Futures).

Bibtex

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