Opis: The Quantified Self - Deborah Lupton

With the advent of digital devices and software, self-tracking practices have gained new adherents and have spread into a wide array of social domains. The Quantified Self movement has emerged to promote 'self-knowledge through numbers'. In this groundbreaking book Deborah Lupton critically analyses the social, cultural and political dimensions of contemporary self-tracking and identifies the concepts of selfhood and human embodiment and the value of the data that underpin them. The book incorporates discussion of the consolations and frustrations of self-tracking, as well as about the proliferating ways in which people's personal data are now used beyond their private rationales. Lupton outlines how the information that is generated through self-tracking is taken up and repurposed for commercial, governmental, managerial and research purposes. In the relationship between personal data practices and big data politics, the implications of self-tracking are becoming ever more crucial. " The Quantified Self offers an excellent overview of the breadth and depth of issues related to self-tracking cultures. It is not only a useful resource for scholars and practitioners focusing on the value of quantified data with regard to health and bodily practices, but also an invitation to use self-tracking research in new kinds of political initiatives. Ultimately self-tracking is defined as a means of communicating and challenging dominant interests and aims." Minna Ruckenstein, University of Helsinki "Lupton's book is a fascinating read and I highly recommend it to researchers and practitioners who wish to gain a comprehensive account of self-tracking practices. Along with the commonly discussed topics of motivation and data representations, Lupton sheds light onto less explored topics, such as data-surveillance, while offering various theoretical foundations to support her arguments. Her writing is both visionary and provocative, and the book is a must read for researchers and practitioners of the Quantified Self movement." Florian 'Floyd' Mueller, Director, Exertion Games Lab, RMIT UniversityAcknowledgements Introduction 1 Know Thyself : Self-tracking Practices and Technologies 2 New Hybrid Beings : Theoretical Perspectives 3 An Optimal Human Being : the Body and Self in Self-Tracking Cultures 4 You are Your Data : Personal Data Meanings, Practices and Materialisations 5 Data s Capacity for Betrayal : Personal Data Politics Conclusion References Index

Szczegóły: The Quantified Self - Deborah Lupton

Tytuł: The Quantified Self
Autor: Deborah Lupton
Wydawnictwo: Polity Press
ISBN: 9781509500604
Rok wydania: 2016
Ilość stron: 240
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.26 kg

Recenzje: The Quantified Self - Deborah Lupton