The other self in free fall: Anxiety and automated tracking applications

Gutierrez, Christopher

doi:10.5937/comman12-11285

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“…Sociological literature highlights the importance of understanding quantification in everyday lives and experiences (Berman and Hirschman, 2018;Espeland and Stevens, 2008;Lupton, 2016). Specifically, an extensive body of work focuses on the nature and implications of the quantified self (Feng et al, 2021;Gutierrez, 2016;Lupton, 2016), and on the modes of self-tracking, such as private self-tracking (to achieve self-knowledge and improve), pushed (encouraged by others in order to belong), imposed (used in schools and workplaces) and communal (part of a broader community or movement) (Lupton, 2014a).…”

Section: Self-tracking Practicesmentioning

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Self-Tracking among Young People: Lived Experiences, Tensions and Bodily Outcomes

Alevizou,

Michaelidou,

Daskalopoulou

et al. 2023

Sociology

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Self-tracking enables people to quantify and measure lifestyle and fitness activities and experiences. Our study focuses on the role of self-tracking in young people’s relationship with their body and their lived, ‘fleshy’ experiences in the social world. We draw on 23 in-depth interviews with young people using a life story approach. Our findings show that self-tracking affords young people to engage in different types of ‘body work’, to care for and transform their body that is in constant flux by treating it as either a ‘private’ or ‘shared’ project. We contribute to ongoing debates about the role of self-tracking in young people’s lives by offering a holistic approach that considers the individual and social circumstances that render self-tracking an ongoing, iterative, cumulative and embodied process of discovery, learning and lived and ‘fleshy’ experience.

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Section: Self-tracking Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Self-Tracking among Young People: Lived Experiences, Tensions and Bodily Outcomes

Alevizou,

Michaelidou,

Daskalopoulou

et al. 2023

Sociology

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“…It is this "uncertain supposition--of both the self and of self-analysis--that fuels the contemporary moment." 55 Referring to the various mHealth devices that measure and track one's physical activity, Gutierrez notes that:…”

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Posthuman to Inhuman: mHealth Technologies and the Digital Health Assemblage

Black¹,

Cherrington²

2022

Theory & Event

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In exploring the intra-active, relational and material connections between humans and non-humans, proponents of posthumanism advocate a questioning of the "human" beyond its traditional anthropocentric conceptualization. By referring specifically to controversial developments in mHealth applications, this paper critically diverges from posthuman accounts of human/non-human assemblages. Indeed, we argue that rather than "dissolving" the human subject, the power of assemblages lies in their capacity to highlight the antagonisms and contradictions that inherently affirm the importance of the subject. In outlining this claim, we propose a turn from the posthuman to the inhuman as a way of understanding the contemporary landscape of (digital) health.

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“…Individuals voluntarily adopt STT to gain autonomy in their lives (Lupton, 2016c) and a hedonic self-tracking experience (Parviainen, 2016;Schüll, 2016). However, anxiety may also shape the motivation for self-tracking practices (Gutierrez, 2016). Berg (2017, p. 3) goes as far as arguing that the industry relies on the 'insecurities of late modern society' and it glorifies alterations in individuals' behaviour to ensure that they are living an active and resilient lifestyle (Davies, 2015).…”

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Subjectivities in motion: Dichotomies in consumer engagements with self-tracking technologies

Zakariah

Hosany

Cappellini

2021

Computers in Human Behavior

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The other self in free fall: Anxiety and automated tracking applications

Cited by 6 publications

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Self-Tracking among Young People: Lived Experiences, Tensions and Bodily Outcomes

Self-Tracking among Young People: Lived Experiences, Tensions and Bodily Outcomes

Posthuman to Inhuman: mHealth Technologies and the Digital Health Assemblage

Subjectivities in motion: Dichotomies in consumer engagements with self-tracking technologies

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