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Slow art and the creative city: Amsterdam, street photography, and urban renewal

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Slow art and the creative city: Amsterdam, street photography, and urban renewal . / Lindner, Christoph; Meissner, Miriam.
In: Space and Culture, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2015, p. 4-24.

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Lindner, C & Meissner, M 2015, 'Slow art and the creative city: Amsterdam, street photography, and urban renewal ', Space and Culture, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 4-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/1206331213509914

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Lindner, C., & Meissner, M. (2015). Slow art and the creative city: Amsterdam, street photography, and urban renewal . Space and Culture, 18(1), 4-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/1206331213509914

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Lindner C, Meissner M. Slow art and the creative city: Amsterdam, street photography, and urban renewal . Space and Culture. 2015;18(1):4-24. Epub 2014 Jan 24. doi: 10.1177/1206331213509914

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Lindner, Christoph ; Meissner, Miriam. / Slow art and the creative city : Amsterdam, street photography, and urban renewal . In: Space and Culture. 2015 ; Vol. 18, No. 1. pp. 4-24.

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