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Do categories have politics? : the language/action perspective reconsidered. / Suchman, Lucy.
In: Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Vol. 2, No. 3, 09.1994, p. 177-190.

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Suchman, L 1994, 'Do categories have politics? : the language/action perspective reconsidered.', Computer Supported Cooperative Work, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 177-190. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00749015

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Suchman, L. (1994). Do categories have politics? : the language/action perspective reconsidered. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2(3), 177-190. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00749015

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Suchman L. Do categories have politics? : the language/action perspective reconsidered. Computer Supported Cooperative Work. 1994 Sept;2(3):177-190. doi: 10.1007/BF00749015

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Suchman, Lucy. / Do categories have politics? : the language/action perspective reconsidered. In: Computer Supported Cooperative Work. 1994 ; Vol. 2, No. 3. pp. 177-190.

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