Proximity and distance in the mediation of suffering: Local photographers in war-torn Aleppo and the international media circuit

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Proximity and distance in the mediation of suffering : Local photographers in war-torn Aleppo and the international media circuit. / Mollerup, Nina Grønlykke; Mortensen, Mette.

2018. Abstract from Visualising Conflict, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Harvard

Mollerup, NG & Mortensen, M 2018, 'Proximity and distance in the mediation of suffering: Local photographers in war-torn Aleppo and the international media circuit', Visualising Conflict, Copenhagen, Denmark, 29/11/2018 - 29/11/2018.

APA

Mollerup, N. G., & Mortensen, M. (2018). Proximity and distance in the mediation of suffering: Local photographers in war-torn Aleppo and the international media circuit. Abstract from Visualising Conflict, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Vancouver

Mollerup NG, Mortensen M. Proximity and distance in the mediation of suffering: Local photographers in war-torn Aleppo and the international media circuit. 2018. Abstract from Visualising Conflict, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Mollerup, Nina Grønlykke ; Mortensen, Mette. / Proximity and distance in the mediation of suffering : Local photographers in war-torn Aleppo and the international media circuit. Abstract from Visualising Conflict, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Bibtex

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