Ajana Self-Tracking

Empirical and Philosophical Investigations
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-65379-2
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 162 Seiten

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This book provides an empirical and philosophical investigation of self-tracking practices. In recent years, there has been an explosion of apps and devices that enable the data capturing and monitoring of everyday activities, behaviours and habits. Encouraged by movements such as the Quantified Self, a growing number of people are embracing this culture of quantification and tracking in the spirit of improving their health and wellbeing. 
The aim of this book is to enhance understanding of this fast-growing trend, bringing together scholars who are working at the forefront of the critical study of self-tracking practices. Each chapter provides a different conceptual lens through which one can examine these practices, while grounding the discussion in relevant empirical examples. 
From phenomenology to discourse analysis, from questions of identity, privacy and agency to issues of surveillance and tracking at the workplace, this edited collection takes on a wide, and yet focused, approach to the timely topic of self-tracking. It constitutes a useful companion for scholars, students and everyday users interested in the Quantified Self phenomenon.  

Btihaj Ajana is Associate Professor and Marie Curie Fellow at Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Denmark. She is also a Senior Lecturer at the department of Digital Humanities, King's College London. Her academic work is interdisciplinary in nature, spanning areas of digital culture, media praxis, and biopolitics. She is the author of Governing through Biometrics: The Biopolitics of Identity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013). 

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ajana, Btihaj

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;5
2;Contents;6
3;Editor and Contributors;8
4;List of Figures;11
5;Chapter 1 Introduction;13
5.1;Abstract;13
5.2;References;21
6;Chapter 2 Engagement and the Quantified Self: Uneventful Relationships with Ghostly Companions;23
6.1;Abstract;23
6.2;Introduction;24
6.3;The Crisis of Engagement;26
6.4;An Uneventful Relationship;28
6.5;The Moment of Looking;32
6.6;Conclusion: Playing with Our (Quantified) Selves;33
6.7;References;35
7;Chapter 3 Apps as Companions: How Quantified Self Apps Become Our Audience and Our Companions;38
7.1;Abstract;38
7.2;Introduction;39
7.3;Trusting Our Apps;40
7.4;Dear Diary: Diaries and Apps as Narratees;42
7.5;Confessing Secrets to a Diary or App;44
7.6;Apps as Companions and Independent Subjects;46
7.7;Conclusion: Speaking with Machines;50
7.8;References;51
8;Chapter 4 Human/Technology Associations in Self-Tracking Practices;54
8.1;Abstract;54
8.2;Introduction;55
8.3;A Typology of Self/Technology;57
8.3.1;Hermeneutic of the Self/Enactment;57
8.3.2;Embodiment of the Self/Experience;59
8.3.3;Alterity/Entanglement;62
8.3.4;Background/Integration;64
8.4;Conclusion: Insights from a Postphenomenological Analysis of Human/Technology Associations;67
8.5;References;69
9;Chapter 5 Social Media and Self-Tracking: Representing the ‘Health Self’;71
9.1;Abstract;71
9.2;Introduction;72
9.3;Self-Tracking and Self-Surveillance;73
9.4;Self-Tracking and Peer Surveillance;75
9.5;Self-Representation and Expected Community Surveillance;77
9.6;Community Surveillance and Competition;79
9.7;Constructing the ‘Idealised Healthy Self’;80
9.8;Quantified Feedback: ‘Likes as Currency’;82
9.9;Conclusion;83
9.10;References;85
10;Chapter 6 Self-Tracking as the Mobilisation of the Social for Capital Accumulation;87
10.1;Abstract;87
10.2;Introduction;88
10.3;Self-Tracking, Corporate Wellness and “Connexionism”;88
10.4;Method;90
10.5;Analysis;92
10.6;Genre;92
10.7;Style;94
10.8;Discourse;95
10.9;Conclusion;98
10.10;References;99
11;Chapter 7 The Quantified Workplace: A Study in Self-Tracking, Agility and Change Management;102
11.1;Abstract;102
11.2;Introduction;103
11.3;From Scientific Management to Agility;104
11.4;Quantified Workplace Study;108
11.5;Data Collection and Method;109
11.6;Fieldwork Results I: Effectiveness of the Study;110
11.6.1;Dissatisfaction With Technology;110
11.6.2;Desire for Coaching and Issue of Gamification;111
11.6.3;Concerns for Privacy and Use for Appraisals;113
11.7;Fieldwork Results II: Subjective Performance;113
11.7.1;Self-Management: Goals and Motivation;113
11.7.2;Subjective Productivity;114
11.7.3;Self-Awareness;114
11.8;Conclusion: A New Work Design Model?;115
11.9;References;117
12;Chapter 8 Data Privacy: Users’ Thoughts on Quantified Self Personal Data;120
12.1;Abstract;120
12.2;Introduction;121
12.3;Bettering Oneself;122
12.4;Watching Videos and Talking to Users;124
12.5;QS Privacy;125
12.6;Conclusion: Managing QS Data;129
12.7;References;130
13;Chapter 9 Communal Self-Tracking: Data Philanthropy, Solidarity and Privacy;134
13.1;Abstract;134
13.2;Introduction;135
13.3;Biosociality: From the Quantified Self to the Quantified Us;135
13.4;Data Security, Privacy and Responsibility;144
13.5;Conclusion;147
13.6;References;148
14;Author Index;151
15;Subject Index;156