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Gender, Place & Culture
A Journal of Feminist Geography
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Mediating messiness: expanding ideas of flexibility, reflexivity, and embodiment in fieldwork

Mediación del desorden: ampliación de las ideas de flexibilidad, reflexividad, y encarnación en el trabajo de campo

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Pages 313-328 | Received 19 Dec 2010, Accepted 30 Oct 2011, Published online: 30 Apr 2012

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