Interspecies intercorporeality and mediated haptic sociality: distributing perception with a guide dog

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Interspecies intercorporeality and mediated haptic sociality: distributing perception with a guide dog. / Due, Brian Lystgaard.

In: Visual Studies, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2023, p. 3-16.

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Harvard

Due, BL 2023, 'Interspecies intercorporeality and mediated haptic sociality: distributing perception with a guide dog', Visual Studies, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 3-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.2021.1951620

APA

Due, B. L. (2023). Interspecies intercorporeality and mediated haptic sociality: distributing perception with a guide dog. Visual Studies, 38(1), 3-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.2021.1951620

Vancouver

Due BL. Interspecies intercorporeality and mediated haptic sociality: distributing perception with a guide dog. Visual Studies. 2023;38(1):3-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.2021.1951620

Author

Due, Brian Lystgaard. / Interspecies intercorporeality and mediated haptic sociality: distributing perception with a guide dog. In: Visual Studies. 2023 ; Vol. 38, No. 1. pp. 3-16.

Bibtex

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