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Fire as a metaphor of (im)mobility. / Diken, Bulent.
In: Mobilities, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2011, p. 95-102.

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Diken B. Fire as a metaphor of (im)mobility. Mobilities. 2011;6(1):95-102. doi: 10.1080/17450101.2011.532657

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Diken, Bulent. / Fire as a metaphor of (im)mobility. In: Mobilities. 2011 ; Vol. 6, No. 1. pp. 95-102.

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