Attachments to the common-place: pragmatic sociology and the aesthetic cosmopolitics of eco-house design in Kyoto, Japan

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Attachments to the common-place : pragmatic sociology and the aesthetic cosmopolitics of eco-house design in Kyoto, Japan. / Blok, Anders.

I: European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology, Bind 2, Nr. 2, 2015, s. 122-145.

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Blok, A 2015, 'Attachments to the common-place: pragmatic sociology and the aesthetic cosmopolitics of eco-house design in Kyoto, Japan', European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology, bind 2, nr. 2, s. 122-145. https://doi.org/10.1080/23254823.2015.1108212

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Blok, A. (2015). Attachments to the common-place: pragmatic sociology and the aesthetic cosmopolitics of eco-house design in Kyoto, Japan. European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology, 2(2), 122-145. https://doi.org/10.1080/23254823.2015.1108212

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Blok A. Attachments to the common-place: pragmatic sociology and the aesthetic cosmopolitics of eco-house design in Kyoto, Japan. European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology. 2015;2(2):122-145. https://doi.org/10.1080/23254823.2015.1108212

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Blok, Anders. / Attachments to the common-place : pragmatic sociology and the aesthetic cosmopolitics of eco-house design in Kyoto, Japan. I: European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology. 2015 ; Bind 2, Nr. 2. s. 122-145.

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