Jonathan Finn
Biographic Data
| ID | 3601618 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Finn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Finn |
| SIGNATURE | FINN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9196-9420 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The fitness boom and the pursuit of body ideals
This study explores the use of smartwatches within fitness spaces in Ghana. As part of the fitness boom, the pursuit of body ideals has become increasingly intertwined with digital self-tracking, health, and moral imaginaries of self-improvement. The use of smartwatches in fitness spaces is crucial for understanding these connections. The study draws on interviews and participant observations with fitness enthusiasts in gyms and keep-fit clubs. W…
Embracing digital self-tracking for fitness and health
Considering the growing adoption of smartwatches in Ghanaian fitness communities, this study examines the socio-cultural factors contributing to the rise in digital self-tracking practices. This study is based on four ethnographic revisits to Ghana, where we draw on 20 semi-structured interviews and participant observations with fitness enthusiasts. We apply algorithmic subjectivity as the theoretical lens to analyse the rise and adoption of smar…
Timing and Imaging Evidence in Sport
This article analyzes timing and imaging systems used as sports decision aids (SDAs). Evidence of athletic performance in the form of timing and imaging data is the product of distinct interactions between humans, technology, and the live environment. As such, sports decisions are fallible. Yet the measurement of athletic performance is often presented as irrefutable thanks to enhanced technological precision. As this article shows, there are lim…
The look of the past
Ludmilla Jordanova defines the mission of her book in its opening sentences: ‘The Look of the Past examines the ways in which historians can use images and objects in their arguments; it seeks to e
Liquid Surveillance
Anatomy of a Dead Heat
The adoption and use of visual technologies as decision aids in professional sport is increasing at a rapid rate, yet the study of such practice is virtually non-existent. Beyond the specific play or call in question, images used as decision aids in sport have immediate and far-reaching material and cultural impacts including athlete sponsorship packages, the professional reputation and expertise of athletes and officials, and lucrative contracts…
Surveillance Studies and Visual Art
It is now commonplace to refer to the contemporary world as a surveillance society. The tremendous proliferation of surveillance over the late twentieth and early twenty-first century has been met by a continually expanding body of scholarly work on the topic. However, such work remains largely based in the social sciences, specifically in the fields of sociology and criminology. While this work has been invaluable in many ways, it tends to empha…
Powell’s point
This article examines the use of visual representation in Colin Powell’s speech to the United Nations on 5 February 2003. The article borrows from Charles Goodwin’s theory of professional vision to argue that Powell’s presentation failed to develop a shared vision of the material presented. The primary flaw in this regard was Powell’s failure to acknowledge and account for the differences between modes of visual representation. Projections of tex…
Faking Death
Photographing Fingerprints
This paper examines fingerprint identification as a mode of state surveillance. Drawing on but critiquing the work of Simon Cole, it argues that the technique yielded a greater, more pervasive form of state surveillance by giving rise to new practices of data collection. This paper also highlights the photograph's role in fingerprint identification to argue for an essential transformation in law enforcement and surveillance practices announced by…
Surveillance Studies and Visual Art
It is now commonplace to refer to the contemporary world as a surveillance society. The tremendous proliferation of surveillance over the late twentieth and early twenty-first century has been met by a continually expanding body of scholarly work on the topic. However, such work remains largely based in the social sciences, specifically in the fields of sociology and criminology. While this work has been invaluable in many ways, it tends to empha…
Timing and Imaging Evidence in Sport
This article analyzes timing and imaging systems used as sports decision aids (SDAs). Evidence of athletic performance in the form of timing and imaging data is the product of distinct interactions between humans, technology, and the live environment. As such, sports decisions are fallible. Yet the measurement of athletic performance is often presented as irrefutable thanks to enhanced technological precision. As this article shows, there are lim…
Liquid Surveillance
Powell’s point
This article examines the use of visual representation in Colin Powell’s speech to the United Nations on 5 February 2003. The article borrows from Charles Goodwin’s theory of professional vision to argue that Powell’s presentation failed to develop a shared vision of the material presented. The primary flaw in this regard was Powell’s failure to acknowledge and account for the differences between modes of visual representation. Projections of tex…
Photographing Fingerprints
This paper examines fingerprint identification as a mode of state surveillance. Drawing on but critiquing the work of Simon Cole, it argues that the technique yielded a greater, more pervasive form of state surveillance by giving rise to new practices of data collection. This paper also highlights the photograph's role in fingerprint identification to argue for an essential transformation in law enforcement and surveillance practices announced by…
Faking Death
Powell’s point
This article examines the use of visual representation in Colin Powell’s speech to the United Nations on 5 February 2003. The article borrows from Charles Goodwin’s theory of professional vision to argue that Powell’s presentation failed to develop a shared vision of the material presented. The primary flaw in this regard was Powell’s failure to acknowledge and account for the differences between modes of visual representation. Projections of tex…
Surveillance Studies and Visual Art
It is now commonplace to refer to the contemporary world as a surveillance society. The tremendous proliferation of surveillance over the late twentieth and early twenty-first century has been met by a continually expanding body of scholarly work on the topic. However, such work remains largely based in the social sciences, specifically in the fields of sociology and criminology. While this work has been invaluable in many ways, it tends to empha…
Liquid Surveillance
Anatomy of a Dead Heat
The adoption and use of visual technologies as decision aids in professional sport is increasing at a rapid rate, yet the study of such practice is virtually non-existent. Beyond the specific play or call in question, images used as decision aids in sport have immediate and far-reaching material and cultural impacts including athlete sponsorship packages, the professional reputation and expertise of athletes and officials, and lucrative contracts…
The look of the past
Ludmilla Jordanova defines the mission of her book in its opening sentences: ‘The Look of the Past examines the ways in which historians can use images and objects in their arguments; it seeks to e
Timing and Imaging Evidence in Sport
This article analyzes timing and imaging systems used as sports decision aids (SDAs). Evidence of athletic performance in the form of timing and imaging data is the product of distinct interactions between humans, technology, and the live environment. As such, sports decisions are fallible. Yet the measurement of athletic performance is often presented as irrefutable thanks to enhanced technological precision. As this article shows, there are lim…
The fitness boom and the pursuit of body ideals
This study explores the use of smartwatches within fitness spaces in Ghana. As part of the fitness boom, the pursuit of body ideals has become increasingly intertwined with digital self-tracking, health, and moral imaginaries of self-improvement. The use of smartwatches in fitness spaces is crucial for understanding these connections. The study draws on interviews and participant observations with fitness enthusiasts in gyms and keep-fit clubs. W…
Embracing digital self-tracking for fitness and health
Considering the growing adoption of smartwatches in Ghanaian fitness communities, this study examines the socio-cultural factors contributing to the rise in digital self-tracking practices. This study is based on four ethnographic revisits to Ghana, where we draw on 20 semi-structured interviews and participant observations with fitness enthusiasts. We apply algorithmic subjectivity as the theoretical lens to analyse the rise and adoption of smar…
Political science (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Photography and Visual Culture (3 works) · Public relations (3 works)