Cite as:
Adams, James. 2018. “Mike Fortun.” In UCI Anthro Faculty, edited by James Adams and Maggie Woodruff. In UCI Anthro STS, edited by James Adams and Maggie Woodruff. In STS Across Borders Digital Exhibit, edited by Aalok Khandekar and Kim Fortun. Society for Social Studies of Science. August. http://stsinfrastructures.org/content/mike-fortun/essay.
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