Research-Creations for Speculating About Digitized Automation: Bringing Creative Writing Prompts and Vital Materialism into the Sociology of Futures

Qualitative Inquiry, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 28(7), С. 754 - 766

Опубликована: Май 23, 2022

In this article, we present ideas about developing innovative methods for the sociology of futures. Our approach brings together literature on sociotechnical imaginaries and futures with vital materialism theories research-creation methods. We draw our materials from a series online workshops. The workshops involved use creative writing prompts participants across diverse range age groups locations. article ends some reflections implications researching emerging digital technologies methodological theoretical development

Язык: Английский

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Ambivalences in Digital Contraception: Designing for Mixed Feelings and Oscillating Relations

Опубликована: Июль 10, 2023

The 'intimate horizons' of algorithmic, self-tracking technologies have become increasingly important. These applications are no longer perceived as distant, instrumental entities, but offer a more affective and intimate experience. In this paper, we address the long-term experience living with digital contraception technology that utilizes self-tracking. We draw upon four design workshops total 14 users app Natural Cycles to illustrate moments ambivalent affects oscillating relations. Based on our analysis, concretize dimensions ambivalence in different scales temporalities. propose three strategies designing these unavoidable disruptions, conflicting feelings, shifting relations acknowledge users' agentic engagements, nuanced dynamics experiences, embodied beings. contend by attending existential ambivalences, contraceptive can better configured plural modes life they engender.

Язык: Английский

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Living with my diabetes – introducing eHealth into daily practices of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Digital Health, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 10

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Objective Diabetes patients can draw on an increasing number of eHealth apps to support them in the self-management their disease. While studies so far have focused with type 1 diabetes, we explored how 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) integrate into practices aimed at managing and coping disease, which aspects were considered particularly valuable challenges users encountered. Methods Semi-structured interviews focus group sessions conducted explore cope T2DM daily lives attitude towards eHealth. In a further step, four tested by expectations experiences studied way qualitative groups. Results The analysis showed that study participants valued particular possibility use sense gain better understanding own body, learn about specific responses body nutrition physical activity, changes routines lifestyle. Key encountered related difficulties interpreting data, matching data other bodily sensations, getting overly occupied disease integrating personal, family, care practices. Conclusion Under certain conditions, play important role for developing nuanced, personal T2DM. A prerequisite is needs be fitted users, desire strong professionals providing interpretation data.

Язык: Английский

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Exploring the impact of commercial wearable activity trackers on body awareness and body representations: A mixed-methods study on self-tracking

Computers in Human Behavior, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 151, С. 108036 - 108036

Опубликована: Ноя. 10, 2023

Wearable trackers are believed to enhance users' self-knowledge, but their impact on the relationship that people have with own bodies is relatively unexplored. This study aims shed light potential of physiological data collected by a commercial wearable activity tracker influence how users relate bodies, specifically body awareness, image, consciousness, and surveillance. Additionally, seeks determine whether this change in perception improves or worsens relation bodies. We recruited 321 first-time users, including control group. Participants experimental group (N = 225) completed set scales questionnaires addressing awareness representations before after wearing Fitbit for four months, 20 them were further interviewed about experience. The findings indicate participants' overall view was not influenced device. However, did increase bodily sensations, particularly women. Moreover, we describe participants made sense displayed Fitbit, which also used as an emotion-regulation tool. These results can contribute understanding self-tracking technologies perceptions provide insights future research field.

Язык: Английский

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Digital self-tracking, habits and the myth of discontinuance: It doesn’t just ‘stop’

New Media & Society, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 26(4), С. 2168 - 2188

Опубликована: Март 18, 2022

Digital self-tracking devices increasingly inhabit everyday landscapes, yet many people abandon self-trackers not long after acquisition. Although research has examined why discontinue these devices, less explores what actually happens when unplug. This article addresses this gap by considering the embodied and habitual dimensions of discontinuance. We consider potential for digital data – their unanticipated affects to linger within practices even device is abandoned. draw on philosophies Felix Ravaisson Gilles Deleuze understand habit as a capacity change, rather than performance sameness. trace how prompts new embodiments that continue unfold disengage. In decentring our object attention, we trouble logic simply ‘stops’ in its absence. holds implications theorizing human–digital relations health interventions are implemented evaluated.

Язык: Английский

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The entangled human being – a new materialist approach to anthropology of technology

AI and Ethics, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Сен. 2, 2024

Abstract Technological advancements raise anthropological questions: How do humans differ from technology? Which human capabilities are unique? Is it possible for robots to exhibit consciousness or intelligence, capacities once taken be exclusively human? Despite the evident need an lens in both societal and research contexts, philosophical anthropology of technology has not been established as a set discipline with defined theories, especially concerning emerging technologies. In this paper, I will utilize New Materialist approach, focusing particularly on theories Donna Haraway Karen Barad, explore their potential technology. aim develop techno-anthropological approach that is informed enriched by Materialism. This characterized its relational perspective, dynamic open conception being, attention diversity dynamics power knowledge production ontology, emphasis non-human. outline centered Materialism, wherein focus, paradoxically, but equally non-human entities entanglement As become clear, way we understand relationship fundamental our concepts ethics

Язык: Английский

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Everyday curation? Attending to data, records and record keeping in the practices of self-monitoring

Big Data & Society, Год журнала: 2020, Номер 7(1), С. 205395172091827 - 205395172091827

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2020

This paper is concerned with everyday data practices, considering how people record produced through self-monitoring. The analysis unpacks the relationships between taking a measure, and making reviewing records. based on an interview study who monitor their blood pressure and/or body mass index/weight. Animated by discussions of ‘data power’ which are, in part, predicated flow aggregation data, we aim to extend important work concerning constitution digital data. In paper, adopt develop idea curation as theory attention. We introduce discerning characterise skilful judgements make about readings they record, are presented, records retain those discard. suggest self-monitoring produces partial both sense that it embodies these judgements, also because monitoring might be conducted intermittently. previous analyses exploring broad set materials, analogue, networked not networked, involved keeping consider different ways contributed regulating attention By paying recorded occasions when recorded, well research provides specificity may or contribute big sets. argue ultimately our contributes nuancing understanding power’.

Язык: Английский

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Shared motivations, goals and values in the practice of personal science: a community perspective on self-tracking for empirical knowledge

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 9(1)

Опубликована: Май 25, 2022

Abstract Some individuals do not limit their self-tracking efforts to passively collecting and observing gathered data about themselves, but rather develop it into forms of self-research self-experimentation, also called “personal science”. This type N-of-1 research is relevant the fields personal informatics, patient-led social studies science, as a knowledge generation practice still poorly understood. To fill this gap, we conducted 22 semi-structured interviews investigate intrinsic extrinsic motivations engaging in science activities, well shared goals values present communities. Our analysis based on conceptual framework that integrates previous approaches self-research, connection with citizen scientific ethos cooperation peer production. We identify how self-researchers seek go beyond metrics health wellbeing regarding provided by wearables, are engaged over time individual involvement technology scientific-related activity, collaborate following similar when learning sharing empirical peers. In sense, can be understood specific an example more participatory inclusive culture driven self-reflection, critical thinking openness.

Язык: Английский

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User types, psycho-social effects and societal trends related to the use of consumer health technologies

Digital Health, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 9

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023

Objective The term consumer health technologies we use in this paper refers to fitness and apps, wearables other self-tracking devices that collect health-related data. Our aims bridge the gap between growing literature base of sociological research ethical reflection on (non-intended) effects technology psycho-social level, such as stress, responsibilization or a loss intuitive sense for signs illness. Special consideration should be given vulnerable individuals, positive negative may unequally distributed. This perspective help guide policymaking responsible development technologies. Methods Using narrative review approach, refer empirical theoretical studies dealing with user types related We provide an overview typologies evidence unintended use. On basis, propose typology serve future tool side effects. Results Evidence potential use, presented literature, is inconclusive due high diversity users way they proposed more comprehensively document by incorporating which identify their self-tracked data, attitudes towards new social interactions via technologies, purpose self-determinedness Conclusions More systematic quantitative diverse settings necessary inform public policy. In addition evidence-based certification medical practical flexible ways protect from have developed adopted, especially regarding increasing number non-medical

Язык: Английский

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Negotiating the practical ethics of ‘self-tracking’ in intimate relationships: Looking for care in healthy living

Social Science & Medicine, Год журнала: 2020, Номер 266, С. 113301 - 113301

Опубликована: Сен. 9, 2020

Язык: Английский

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