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‘I Brought My Grandma’s Old Cheese Cutter with Me’: Finns’ Domestic Material Culture in the UK as Translocal Assemblage Cover

‘I Brought My Grandma’s Old Cheese Cutter with Me’: Finns’ Domestic Material Culture in the UK as Translocal Assemblage

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|Feb 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33134/njmr.508 | Journal eISSN: 1799-649X
Language: English
Page range: 4 - 4
Submitted on: Aug 2, 2021
Accepted on: Oct 14, 2022
Published on: Feb 20, 2023
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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