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Contested understandings of yaks on the eastern Tibetan Plateau: market logic, Tibetan Buddhism and indigenous knowledge 对青藏高原东部牦牛有争议的理解:市场逻辑、藏传佛教和本土知识

Area (Oxford, England) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.1111/AREA.12343

Gaerrang

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引用次数: 4

An alternative way to measure the degree of sprawl and development patterns in Austin, TX 另一种衡量德克萨斯州奥斯汀市扩张程度和发展模式的方法

Area (Oxford, England) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.1111/AREA.12337

H. Lee, H. Kim, Sanghyeok Kang

引用次数: 0

‘The will to empower’: reworking governmentality in the museum “授权的意志”:重塑博物馆的管理方式

Area (Oxford, England) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.1111/AREA.12330

D. Beel

引用次数: 3

Linking online social proximity and workplace location: social enterprise employees in British Columbia 链接在线社交接近度和工作地点:不列颠哥伦比亚省的社会企业员工

Area (Oxford, England) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.1111/AREA.12333

Oliver Keane, P. Hall, N. Schuurman, Paul Kingsbury

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引用次数: 7

On absence and abundance: biography as method in archival research. 论缺失与丰富：作为档案研究方法的传记。

Area (Oxford, England) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 Epub Date: 2017-03-01 DOI: 10.1111/area.12329

Jake Hodder

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引用次数: 0

When [inter]personal becomes transformational: [re‐]examining life course‐related emotions in PhD research 当[人际关系]变成转化:在博士研究中[重新]检查与生命历程相关的情绪

Area (Oxford, England) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.1111/AREA.12325

Isabella Ng

引用次数: 10

A life course approach to the field and fieldwork 对田野和田野工作的生命历程方法

Area (Oxford, England) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.1111/AREA.12362

Thomas Wimark, Nathaniel M. Lewis, M. Caretta

引用次数: 9

Creative construction: crafting, negotiating and performing urban food sharing landscapes. 创意建构:城市美食共享景观的制作、协商和表演。

Area (Oxford, England) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 Epub Date: 2017-04-26 DOI: 10.1111/area.12340

Anna R Davies, Ferne Edwards, Brigida Marovelli, Oona Morrow, Monika Rut, Marion Weymes

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引用次数: 34

Linked life courses in fieldwork: researcher, participant and field 实地工作相关的生活课程:研究者、参与者和实地

Area (Oxford, England) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.1111/AREA.12334

Nathaniel M. Lewis

引用次数: 9

The emotional challenges of conducting in-depth research into significant health issues in health geography: reflections on emotional labour, fieldwork and life course. 对健康地理学中重大健康问题进行深入研究的情感挑战:对情感劳动、实地考察和生命历程的反思。

Area (Oxford, England) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 Epub Date: 2017-05-09 DOI: 10.1111/area.12347

Sarah McGarrol

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引用次数: 35