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Research Article

‘It died once at playgroup, I didn’t know what to do’: towards vital, vibrant, material geographies of the mobile phone in austerity

‘Murió una vez en el grupo de juego, no sabía qué hacer’: hacia geografías materiales vitales y vibrantes del teléfono móvil en la austeridad

« Il m’a laissé en plan une fois pendant un playgroup, je ne savais pas quoi faire »: vers une géographie vitale, dynamique et matérielle des téléphones portables en temps d’austérité

Pages 972-989 | Received 17 Sep 2019, Accepted 23 Sep 2020, Published online: 02 Nov 2020

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