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Nocturnal Imaginaries: Rethinking and Redesigning the City After Dark

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Nocturnal Imaginaries: Rethinking and Redesigning the City After Dark. / Dunn, Nick.
In: Ethnologies , Vol. 44, No. 1, 01.02.2023, p. 107-128.

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Dunn, N 2023, 'Nocturnal Imaginaries: Rethinking and Redesigning the City After Dark', Ethnologies , vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 107-128. https://doi.org/10.7202/1096059ar

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Dunn, N. (2023). Nocturnal Imaginaries: Rethinking and Redesigning the City After Dark. Ethnologies , 44(1), 107-128. https://doi.org/10.7202/1096059ar

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Dunn N. Nocturnal Imaginaries: Rethinking and Redesigning the City After Dark. Ethnologies . 2023 Feb 1;44(1):107-128. doi: 10.7202/1096059ar

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Dunn, Nick. / Nocturnal Imaginaries : Rethinking and Redesigning the City After Dark. In: Ethnologies . 2023 ; Vol. 44, No. 1. pp. 107-128.

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