Imagining Personal Data

Experiences of Self-Tracking

Bibliographic Data

ID19899411
AuthorsFor (0000-0003-1870-683X), Vaike Fors, Sarah Pink (0000-0003-0073-8382), Martin Berg (0000-0002-7628-5829), Martin van den Berg (0000-0001-6239-6301), Tom O’dell (0000-0002-3242-759X), Tom O'Dell
Year2020
Pages176
Publication date2020-05-04
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueImagining Personal Data (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781003085676
OpenAlexW4211080255
Open LibraryOL29522340M
ISBN9781003085676
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited47

Digital self-tracking devices and data have become normal elements of everyday life. Imagining Personal Data examines the implications of the rise of body monitoring and digital self-tracking for how we inhabit, experience and imagine our everyday worlds and futures. Through a focus on how it feels to live in environments where data is emergent, present and characterized by a sense of uncertainty, the authors argue for a new interdisciplinary approach to understanding the implications of self-tracking, which attends to its past, present and possible future. Building on social science approaches, the book accounts for the concerns of scholars working in design, philosophy and human-computer interaction. It problematizes the body and senses in relation to data and tracking devices, presents an accessible analytical account of the sensory and affective experiences of self-tracking, and questions the status of big data. In doing so it proposes an agenda for future research and design that puts people at its centre

Computer Science · Data Analysis and Archiving · Anthropology · Cultural · Ethnology · General · Information Technology · Mass media · Media Studies · Monitorage de soi · Self-monitoring · Social aspects · Social Science · Technologie de l'information