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Toward a More-Than-Human Analysis of Digital Health

Inspirations From Feminist New Materialism

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ID4635305
AuthorsD Lupton (0000-0003-2658-4430, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume29
Issue14
Pages1998-2009
Publication date2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732319833368
PMID30964392
OpenAlexW2938336924
LanguageEN
Citations received80
References cited45

New feminist materialism theories potentially offer a foundation for innovative ways to research health-related experiences from a more-than-human perspective. Thus far, however, few researchers have taken up this more-than-human and post-qualitative approach to investigate health topics. In this article, I outline some approaches I have developed. I begin with a brief overview of the central tenets of new feminist materialism scholarship and a discussion of some empirical studies where these perspectives have been employed to address health topics. I then list some key propositions, research questions, and things to think with from the feminist materialism literature that I have put to work as a basis for conducting empirical research and analyzing data. Then follows four examples drawn from my research on digital health, providing instances of how qualitative researchers can take up this approach and what insights can be generated from entering into this kind of "research assemblage

Aesthetics · Art · Digital health · Epistemology · Health care · Materialism · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Philosophy · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism · Psychology

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