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Research Articles

Automating passenger work: airport labour at the transductive interface

Automatización del trabajo de los pasajeros: mano de obra aeroportuaria en la interfaz transductiva

L'automatisation du travail pour les passagers : les tâches aéroportuaires comme interface de transduction

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Pages 525-543 | Received 17 Aug 2022, Accepted 26 Feb 2023, Published online: 04 Apr 2023

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