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7 - Making Social Objects: The Theory of Social Representation

from Part II - Action, Objects, Artifacts, and Meaning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 June 2018

By
Wolfgang Wagner ,
Katrin Kello  and
Andu Rämmer
Edited by
Alberto Rosa  and
Jaan Valsiner
Alberto Rosa
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Jaan Valsiner
Affiliation:
Aalborg University, Denmark
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The Cambridge Handbook of Sociocultural Psychology , pp. 130 - 147
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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