Showing progress: Defining self-tracking as an aesthetic audio-visual genre

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Showing progress : Defining self-tracking as an aesthetic audio-visual genre. / Raun, Tobias; Nebeling Petersen, Michael.

I: Conjunctions : transdisciplinary journal of cultural participation, Bind 9, Nr. 1, 04.07.2022, s. 1-16.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Raun, T & Nebeling Petersen, M 2022, 'Showing progress: Defining self-tracking as an aesthetic audio-visual genre', Conjunctions : transdisciplinary journal of cultural participation, bind 9, nr. 1, s. 1-16. <https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/tjcp-2022-0004>

APA

Raun, T., & Nebeling Petersen, M. (2022). Showing progress: Defining self-tracking as an aesthetic audio-visual genre. Conjunctions : transdisciplinary journal of cultural participation, 9(1), 1-16. https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/tjcp-2022-0004

Vancouver

Raun T, Nebeling Petersen M. Showing progress: Defining self-tracking as an aesthetic audio-visual genre. Conjunctions : transdisciplinary journal of cultural participation. 2022 jul. 4;9(1):1-16.

Author

Raun, Tobias ; Nebeling Petersen, Michael. / Showing progress : Defining self-tracking as an aesthetic audio-visual genre. I: Conjunctions : transdisciplinary journal of cultural participation. 2022 ; Bind 9, Nr. 1. s. 1-16.

Bibtex

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