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Metric culture : ontologies of self-tracking practices /
Data and metrics play an unmistakably powerful role in today's society. Over the years, their use has expanded to cover almost every sphere of everyday life. This book provides a critical investigation into what we can call a ""metric culture"" in which practices of self-tra...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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United Kingdom :
Emerald Publishing,
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Metric Culture: Ontologies of Self-Tracking Practices; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; About the Authors; Chapter 1 Introduction: Metric Culture and the Over-examined Life; References; Chapter 2 Performance Management and the Audited Self; Introduction; Performance Indicators and the Rise of NPM; From Managing Professionals to Controlling Populations: Metrics and Biopower; Quantifying and Rating Oneself: Surveillance or Empowerment?; Measuring Performance in China: Citizenship and Social Credit; Conclusions
- New Civic Virtues in the Digital EraNew Health: Digital Health; Concluding Reflections; References; Chapter 4 'A Much Better Person': The Agential Capacities of Self-tracking Practices; Introduction; Details of Our Study; Overall Self-tracking Practices; Agential Capacities; Self-improvement; Exerting Control; Identifying Patterns and Achieving Goals; Discussion; References; Chapter 5 Resonating Self-tracking Practices? Empirical Insights into Theoretical Reflections on a 'Sociology of Resonance'; Introduction; Rosa's View on Resonance and Self-tracking
- Empirical Results on Mundane Practices of Self-trackingMethodological Approach: Analytical Graph of World Relationships; Case I: Project or Goal-driven Self-tracking; Case II: Playful Self-tracking; Case III: Failing Self-tracking; Case IV: Digital Diary; Resonant and Mute Self-tracking Practices; Conclusions; References; Chapter 6 The 1-Person Laboratory of the Quantified Self Community; Introduction; QS: A Perspective from the Inside; Inside the 1PL; Exemplifying the 1PL; Instrumentation, Methodological Setup and Operating the 1PL; Reflections on the 1PL
- Personal Discovery as Empowering PracticeBeyond the 1PL; Methods and Procedures; Search for Evidence on the Scale of the Individual Person; Requisite Competencies; Knowledge Sharing; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7 Embodiment and Agency through Self-tracking Practices of People Living with Diabetes; Introduction; Methodology; Self-monitoring Blood Glucose Levels through CGM and FGM Systems; The Development of Self-awareness and Reflexivity; Embodied Actions; Surveillance Underpinning the Use of CGM and FGM; Tactics Enacting Micro-powers; Discussion and Conclusion; References