Infrastructural Inaccessibility: Tech Entrepreneurs in Occupied Palestine

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Infrastructural Inaccessibility : Tech Entrepreneurs in Occupied Palestine. / Bjørn, Pernille; Boulus-Rødje, Nina.

In: ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Vol. 25, No. 5, 26, 2018, p. 1-31.

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Bjørn, P & Boulus-Rødje, N 2018, 'Infrastructural Inaccessibility: Tech Entrepreneurs in Occupied Palestine', ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, vol. 25, no. 5, 26, pp. 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1145/3219777

APA

Bjørn, P., & Boulus-Rødje, N. (2018). Infrastructural Inaccessibility: Tech Entrepreneurs in Occupied Palestine. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 25(5), 1-31. [26]. https://doi.org/10.1145/3219777

Vancouver

Bjørn P, Boulus-Rødje N. Infrastructural Inaccessibility: Tech Entrepreneurs in Occupied Palestine. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 2018;25(5):1-31. 26. https://doi.org/10.1145/3219777

Author

Bjørn, Pernille ; Boulus-Rødje, Nina. / Infrastructural Inaccessibility : Tech Entrepreneurs in Occupied Palestine. In: ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 2018 ; Vol. 25, No. 5. pp. 1-31.

Bibtex

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