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‘I fell out of a tree and broke my neck’: acknowledging fantasy in children’s research contributions

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‘I fell out of a tree and broke my neck’: acknowledging fantasy in children’s research contributions. / Von Benzon, Nadia.
In: Children's Geographies, Vol. 13, No. 3, 2015, p. 330-342.

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Von Benzon N. ‘I fell out of a tree and broke my neck’: acknowledging fantasy in children’s research contributions. Children's Geographies. 2015;13(3):330-342. Epub 2013 Oct 28. doi: 10.1080/14733285.2013.829662

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