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On the design of everyday life. / Shove, Elizabeth.
In: Technoscienza, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2014, p. 33-42.

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Shove, E 2014, 'On the design of everyday life', Technoscienza, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 33-42. <http://www.tecnoscienza.net/index.php/tsj/article/view/202/137>

APA

Shove, E. (2014). On the design of everyday life. Technoscienza, 5(2), 33-42. http://www.tecnoscienza.net/index.php/tsj/article/view/202/137

Vancouver

Shove E. On the design of everyday life. Technoscienza. 2014;5(2):33-42.

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Shove, Elizabeth. / On the design of everyday life. In: Technoscienza. 2014 ; Vol. 5, No. 2. pp. 33-42.

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