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  1. Dept. of Sociology, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, 15282, Pittsburgh, PA

    Douglas Harper (professor and chair)

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He is also founding editor ofVisual Sociology.

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Harper, D. Seeing sociology. Am Soc 27, 69–78 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02692041

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