Toward a More-Than-Human Analysis of Digital Health: Inspirations From Feminist New Materialism

Qualitative Health Research, Год журнала: 2019, Номер 29(14), С. 1998 - 2009

Опубликована: Апрель 9, 2019

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

Язык: Английский

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‘Better understanding about what's going on’: young Australians’ use of digital technologies for health and fitness

Sport Education and Society, Год журнала: 2018, Номер 25(1), С. 1 - 13

Опубликована: Дек. 6, 2018

Digital technologies such as websites, online discussion forums, social media, content-sharing platforms, mobile apps and wearable devices are now available a means for young people to learn about promote their health, physical fitness wellbeing. This article provides findings from qualitative interview-based study of Australians (aged 16–25 years) which explored practices understandings related digital non-digital sources health information, advice support. The interviews were analysed using feminist new materialist theoretical framework, paying attention the affordances, relational connections affective forces gathering in human-nonhuman assemblages create set key agential capacities. capacities generated by participants’ enactments included gaining better knowledge bodies, illness healthcare feeling more control wellbeing states. While affordances convenience, accessibility detail diversity information offered media valued participants, accounts also highlighted importance face-to-face well relationships personal with other providing support, including family members friends medical professionals. participants highly capacity generate detailed bodies states imagined that would be able achieve even personalisation customisation. However, they expressed little or concern how data may exploited actors agencies. These insights go some way recognising acknowledging embodied, dimensions living with, through more-than-human worlds health.

Язык: Английский

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Belonging as situated practice

Studies in Higher Education, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 47(7), С. 1386 - 1396

Опубликована: Фев. 25, 2021

This article offers a rethinking of fundamental area higher education research and practice: the concept belonging. Extending considerable international attending to belonging, we suggest that normative narratives often contain number omissions. Such omissions include consideration experiences those students who may not wish to, or cannot, belong, as well questioning very boundaries Crucially, our reconceptualisation occurs within context post-Covid-19 times in which now live. have seen rapid move emergency remote teaching, and, suggest, offer an opening belonging can no longer be taken-for-granted uniform located fixed spaces. Engaging generative concepts from work Massey, Braidotti, drawing upon Adam's notion timescapes, propose reframing situated, relational processual. Within this lens, understood sociomaterial practice shifts within, across beyond online face timespaces. At end article, examine implications such for educators seeking develop also suggestions further research.

Язык: Английский

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Encounters With Writing: Becoming-With Posthumanist Ethics

Journal of Literacy Research, Год журнала: 2018, Номер 50(4), С. 478 - 501

Опубликована: Ноя. 13, 2018

In this article, the authors (re)think writing as an ethical endeavor to explore and cultivate more inclusive orientations for research teaching. Situated in posthumanist scholarship on intra-activity, trans-corporeality, translingual assemblages, they provide data–theory encounters that resist privileging of alphabetic print, standardized written English approaches pedagogies have detached writers from contextual doing/being/feeling demanded composing-with-all-bodies. Data article are drawn three separate projects. Diffractively reading data through theoretical concepts, highlight tensions insights produced their analysis provoke ethico-onto-epistemological shift studies classroom pedagogies, enliven work exploring cultivating

Язык: Английский

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‘It’s made me a lot more aware’: a new materialist analysis of health self-tracking

Media International Australia, Год журнала: 2019, Номер 171(1), С. 66 - 79

Опубликована: Апрель 26, 2019

With the advent of apps, other software and wearable devices designed to enable people easily monitor measure details about their bodies, much attention has been paid phenomenon health self-tracking. In this article, findings from a study involving interviews with 40 Australian self-trackers are discussed analysed feminist new materialist perspective, focusing on relational dimensions, affective forces agential capacities. Analysis accounts identified several major capacities generated by self-tracking illness, including achieving knowledge, awareness problem-solving; taking control; feeling better. Affective were strongly evident in ways participants talked practices rationales for self-tracking, pleasure satisfaction they experienced, as well demoralising or burdensome elements described. Relational dimensions included interpersonal biographical contexts enactments embodied technological sensing recording.

Язык: Английский

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Indigenous sovereignties: relational ontologies and environmental management

Geographical Research, Год журнала: 2019, Номер 57(4), С. 399 - 410

Опубликована: Авг. 22, 2019

Abstract Indigenous nations have always and continue to assert their sovereignties resist colonialism. This paper makes explicit the ways in which environmental management has been continues act as a tool of colonialism, particularly by privileging Western science, institutions, administrative procedures. We argue that decolonise management, it is crucial understand challenge power relations underlie it—asking who decisions on what worldview those are based. being deeply foundations colonising structures it, invite further thought about posthuman relational ontologies. provide range case studies showcase role redefining reimagining based sovereignties, knowledges, being. The emphasise connection between decision‐making authority self‐governance for enhanced protection health environment. agency, grounded governance driving innovation decolonising making space new thinking “in place”.

Язык: Английский

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Postdigital-biodigital: An emerging configuration

Educational Philosophy and Theory, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 55(1), С. 1 - 14

Опубликована: Янв. 15, 2021

This dialogue (trilogue) is an attempt to critically discuss the technoscientific convergence that taking place with biodigital technologies in postdigital condition. In this discussion, Sarah Hayes, Petar Jandrić and Michael A. Peters examine nature of convergences, their applications for bioeconomic sustainability associated ecopedagogies. The paper raises issues definition places technological (‘nano-bio-info-cogno’) – new systems biology digital at nano level evolutionary context speculate, on basis latest research, future possibilities. also reviews these developments within familiar landscapes posthumanism postmodernism, question political bioeconomy role education it.

Язык: Английский

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Biodigital Philosophy, Technological Convergence, and Postdigital Knowledge Ecologies

Postdigital Science and Education, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 3(2), С. 370 - 388

Опубликована: Янв. 11, 2021

Язык: Английский

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The thing-power of the human-app health assemblage: thinking with vital materialism

Social Theory & Health, Год журнала: 2019, Номер 17(2), С. 125 - 139

Опубликована: Фев. 22, 2019

Язык: Английский

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‘I Just Want It to Be Done, Done, Done!’ Food Tracking Apps, Affects, and Agential Capacities

Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, Год журнала: 2018, Номер 2(2), С. 29 - 29

Опубликована: Май 23, 2018

Food-tracking apps constitute a major category of the thousands food-related now available. They are promoted as helping users monitor and measure their food consumption to improve health or lose weight. In this article, I present six vignettes drawn from interviews with Australian women about use non-use food-tracking apps. The provide detailed insights into experiences these broader sociocultural biographical contexts. analysis is based on feminist materialism theoretical perspectives, seeking identify relational connections, affective forces, agential capacities generated in through human-app assemblage. reveal that forces related desire control manage body conform norms ideals good weight inspire people try However, promised by app developers may not be even when have committed hope effort using app. Frustration, disappointment, fear becoming too controlled, annoyance guilt evoked demands can barriers continued successful use. Sociocultural contexts connections also central assemblages. Women’s ambivalences part efforts sited within struggles accepted physical appearance but awareness limiting agency. This analysis, therefore, draws attention what cannot do it comes together tracking

Язык: Английский

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