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Portals to the World: Technological Extensions to the Boundaries of the Home

Ian Ewart Ian Ewart is a research assistant in the School of Construction Management and Engineering at the University of Reading. After a career in engineering, he switched to anthropology to pursue interests in material culture studies, and technology generally. He graduated with a BA (2006) and MSc (2007) from theUniversity of Oxford, where he is finishing his DPhil in the Anthropology of Engineering. [email protected]
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Rachael Luck Rachael Luck is an architect, design researcher, and lecturer in the School of Construction Management and Engineering at the University of Reading. She is an editorial board member for Design Studies, with editorial input into the book About: Designing, What Goes on in Design Team Meetings (Taylor and Francis, 2009). [email protected]
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