Writing like a flock.

Theories and practices of self-organization have spread broadly in recent decades, through academia to business management to software development to disaster relief planning to progressive political activism, and so on. The question this paper addresses is whether self-organization can also become...

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Publicado en:Social Identities Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 447 - 462
Autor principal: Conley, D.S.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2009
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        assemblage
        authorship
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        International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
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