Biometric Technologies, Data and the Sensory Work of Border Control

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Biometric Technologies, Data and the Sensory Work of Border Control. / Møhl, Perle.

I: Ethnos, Bind 87, Nr. 2, 2021, s. 241-256.

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Møhl, P 2021, 'Biometric Technologies, Data and the Sensory Work of Border Control', Ethnos, bind 87, nr. 2, s. 241-256. https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2019.1696858

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Møhl, P. (2021). Biometric Technologies, Data and the Sensory Work of Border Control. Ethnos, 87(2), 241-256. https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2019.1696858

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Møhl P. Biometric Technologies, Data and the Sensory Work of Border Control. Ethnos. 2021;87(2):241-256. https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2019.1696858

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Møhl, Perle. / Biometric Technologies, Data and the Sensory Work of Border Control. I: Ethnos. 2021 ; Bind 87, Nr. 2. s. 241-256.

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