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Underworld, Underground, Underhistory: Towards a counterhistory of waste and wasteland

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This item is part of the Study Room Guide to Remoteness (P2600).

Artist / Author David Williams
Editor Stephen Daniels, Mike Pearson, Heike Roms
Reference A0356
Date 2010
Journal Performance Research
Journal page 131-140
Type Article

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