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Graham, L.R. (2009). Problematizing Technologies for Documenting Intangible Culture: Some Positive and Negative Consequences. In: Silverman, H., Ruggles, D. (eds) Intangible Heritage Embodied. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0072-2_10

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