Ethnogovernmentality: The making of ethnic territories and subjects in eastern DR Congo

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Ethnogovernmentality : The making of ethnic territories and subjects in eastern DR Congo. / Hoffmann, Kasper.

In: Geoforum, Vol. 119, 2021, p. 251-267.

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Hoffmann, K 2021, 'Ethnogovernmentality: The making of ethnic territories and subjects in eastern DR Congo', Geoforum, vol. 119, pp. 251-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.10.002

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Hoffmann, K. (2021). Ethnogovernmentality: The making of ethnic territories and subjects in eastern DR Congo. Geoforum, 119, 251-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.10.002

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Hoffmann K. Ethnogovernmentality: The making of ethnic territories and subjects in eastern DR Congo. Geoforum. 2021;119:251-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.10.002

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Hoffmann, Kasper. / Ethnogovernmentality : The making of ethnic territories and subjects in eastern DR Congo. In: Geoforum. 2021 ; Vol. 119. pp. 251-267.

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