Scoping endangered futures: Rethinking the political aesthetics of climate change in world risk society

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Scoping endangered futures : Rethinking the political aesthetics of climate change in world risk society. / Blok, Anders.

I: STS Encounters - DASTS working paper series, Bind 9, Nr. 1, 2017, s. 1-18.

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Blok, A 2017, 'Scoping endangered futures: Rethinking the political aesthetics of climate change in world risk society', STS Encounters - DASTS working paper series, bind 9, nr. 1, s. 1-18. <http://www.dasts.dk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Blok-2017-Scoping-endangered-futures.pdf>

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Blok, A. (2017). Scoping endangered futures: Rethinking the political aesthetics of climate change in world risk society. STS Encounters - DASTS working paper series, 9(1), 1-18. http://www.dasts.dk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Blok-2017-Scoping-endangered-futures.pdf

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Blok A. Scoping endangered futures: Rethinking the political aesthetics of climate change in world risk society. STS Encounters - DASTS working paper series. 2017;9(1):1-18.

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Blok, Anders. / Scoping endangered futures : Rethinking the political aesthetics of climate change in world risk society. I: STS Encounters - DASTS working paper series. 2017 ; Bind 9, Nr. 1. s. 1-18.

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