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Reconstructing technologies as social practice. / Suchman, Lucy; Blomberg, Jeanette; Orr, Julian et al.
In: American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 43, No. 3, 11.1999, p. 392-408.

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Suchman, L, Blomberg, J, Orr, J & Trigg, R 1999, 'Reconstructing technologies as social practice.', American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 392-408. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027649921955335

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Suchman, L., Blomberg, J., Orr, J., & Trigg, R. (1999). Reconstructing technologies as social practice. American Behavioral Scientist, 43(3), 392-408. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027649921955335

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Suchman L, Blomberg J, Orr J, Trigg R. Reconstructing technologies as social practice. American Behavioral Scientist. 1999 Nov;43(3):392-408. doi: 10.1177/00027649921955335

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Suchman, Lucy ; Blomberg, Jeanette ; Orr, Julian et al. / Reconstructing technologies as social practice. In: American Behavioral Scientist. 1999 ; Vol. 43, No. 3. pp. 392-408.

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