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Sticky Biomedical Objects: Affective Circulations in Twitter Discussions about Medicinal Cannabis 粘性生物医学对象:关于药用大麻的Twitter讨论中的情感循环

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2023.0395

K. Kjær

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Debbie Bargallie, Unmasking the Racial Contract – Indigenous voices on racism in the Australian Public Service 黛比·巴加利:《揭开种族契约的面纱——澳大利亚公共服务中种族主义的土著声音》

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2022.0389

Danelia Robinson

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Tracing the Innovation – Decision Process for Adopting Microchip Implants: Reflections and Experiences of Estonian Employees 追踪创新 – 采用微芯片植入物的决策过程：爱沙尼亚员工的思考和经验

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2022.0388

A. Siibak, Marleen Otsus

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‘Informal Infrastructure’ of Prototyping: Practicing Organisation by Performing Materiality 原型的“非正式基础设施”：通过执行实质性来实践组织

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2022.0386

Sandra Fernández García, Francisco Sánchez Valle

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Liminality Affect and Flesh 阈限，情感和肉体

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2022.0385

H. Letiche, Terrence Letiche, Jean-Luc Moriceau

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Made to Fail: Chaosmo-Technics of Japan’s Robot Theater 失败的制造：日本机器人剧场的超现实技术

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2022.0384

Ruowen Xu

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Stuck Together: A Correspondence on Protocols between Scholars and Objects 粘在一起:学者和对象之间的协议通信

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2022.0387

A. Hiskes, Ohad Ben Shimon

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The Somatechnics of Organisations 组织的躯体技术