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Empathic negotiations through material culture: co-designing and making digital exhibits

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Empathic negotiations through material culture: co-designing and making digital exhibits. / Reitsma, L.; Light, A.; Rodgers, P.A.
In: Digital Creativity, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2014, p. 269-274.

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Reitsma, L, Light, A & Rodgers, PA 2014, 'Empathic negotiations through material culture: co-designing and making digital exhibits', Digital Creativity, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 269-274. https://doi.org/10.1080/14626268.2014.904367, https://doi.org/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14626268.2014.904367

APA

Reitsma, L., Light, A., & Rodgers, P. A. (2014). Empathic negotiations through material culture: co-designing and making digital exhibits. Digital Creativity, 25(3), 269-274. https://doi.org/10.1080/14626268.2014.904367, https://doi.org/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14626268.2014.904367

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Reitsma L, Light A, Rodgers PA. Empathic negotiations through material culture: co-designing and making digital exhibits. Digital Creativity. 2014;25(3):269-274. doi: 10.1080/14626268.2014.904367, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14626268.2014.904367

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Reitsma, L. ; Light, A. ; Rodgers, P.A. / Empathic negotiations through material culture : co-designing and making digital exhibits. In: Digital Creativity. 2014 ; Vol. 25, No. 3. pp. 269-274.

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