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Sustelling: Storytelling for sustainability

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Sustelling: Storytelling for sustainability. / Fischer, Daniel; Fücker, Sonja; Selm, Hanna et al.
Narrating Sustainability through Storytelling. ed. / Daniel Fischer; Sonja Fücker; Hanna Selm; Anna Sundermann. Taylor and Francis Inc., 2022. p. 13-25.

Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review

Harvard

Fischer, D, Fücker, S, Selm, H, Storksdieck, M & Sundermann, A 2022, Sustelling: Storytelling for sustainability. in D Fischer, S Fücker, H Selm & A Sundermann (eds), Narrating Sustainability through Storytelling. Taylor and Francis Inc., pp. 13-25. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003326144-4

APA

Fischer, D., Fücker, S., Selm, H., Storksdieck, M., & Sundermann, A. (2022). Sustelling: Storytelling for sustainability. In D. Fischer, S. Fücker, H. Selm, & A. Sundermann (Eds.), Narrating Sustainability through Storytelling (pp. 13-25). Taylor and Francis Inc.. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003326144-4

Vancouver

Fischer D, Fücker S, Selm H, Storksdieck M, Sundermann A. Sustelling: Storytelling for sustainability. In Fischer D, Fücker S, Selm H, Sundermann A, editors, Narrating Sustainability through Storytelling. Taylor and Francis Inc. 2022. p. 13-25 doi: 10.4324/9781003326144-4

Bibtex

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