Is There a Way Back or Can the Internet Remember its Own History?

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Is There a Way Back or Can the Internet Remember its Own History? / Burkhardt, Marcus.
Digital Memories: Exploring Critical Issues. ed. / Anna Maj; Daniel Riha. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2010. p. 129-138 (Critical Issues).

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Burkhardt, M 2010, Is There a Way Back or Can the Internet Remember its Own History? in A Maj & D Riha (eds), Digital Memories: Exploring Critical Issues. Critical Issues, Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford, pp. 129-138. <https://www.inter-disciplinary.net/publishing/wpcontent/uploads/2015/03/IntroductioneditedLH1.pdf>

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Burkhardt, M. (2010). Is There a Way Back or Can the Internet Remember its Own History? In A. Maj, & D. Riha (Eds.), Digital Memories: Exploring Critical Issues (pp. 129-138). (Critical Issues). Inter-Disciplinary Press. https://www.inter-disciplinary.net/publishing/wpcontent/uploads/2015/03/IntroductioneditedLH1.pdf

Vancouver

Burkhardt M. Is There a Way Back or Can the Internet Remember its Own History? In Maj A, Riha D, editors, Digital Memories: Exploring Critical Issues. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press. 2010. p. 129-138. (Critical Issues).

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