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Getting to Know Other Ways of Knowing: Boundary Experiences in Citizen Science Cover

Getting to Know Other Ways of Knowing: Boundary Experiences in Citizen Science

By: Emily Oswald  
Open Access
|Dec 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.310 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
Language: English
Submitted on: Jan 29, 2020
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Accepted on: Nov 16, 2020
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Published on: Dec 31, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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