by Research Team | Aug 1, 2015 | Research Publications
Author(s): Ruckenstein, Minna Abstracts: This chapter demonstrates how ethnographically-oriented research on emergent technologies, in this case self-tracking technologies, adds to Techno- Anthropology’s aims of understanding techno-engagements and solving...
by Research Team | Jul 27, 2015 | Research Publications
Author: Fox, Nick J. Abstract: Personal health technologies are near-body devices or applications designed for use by a single individual, principally outside healthcare facilities. They enable users to monitor physiological processes or body activity, are frequently...
by Research Team | Jul 23, 2015 | Research Publications
Author: Forsdyke, Donald R. Document: https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.12425 References: 1. Jones, D. S. & Podolsky, S. H. (2015) The history and fate of the gold standard. Lancet, 385, 1503–1504. 2. Appelboom, G., LoPresti, M., Reginster, J.-Y., Connolly, E. S. &...
by Research Team | Jul 1, 2015 | Research Publications
Author(s): Thomas, Gareth M.Lupton, Deborah Abstracts: In this article, we draw on the findings of a critical discourse analysis of pregnancy-related mobile software applications designed for smartphones (‘apps’) to examine how such apps configure pregnant embodiment....
by Research Team | Jun 16, 2015 | Research Publications
Author: Crawford, KateLingel, JessaKarppi, Tero Abstract: The recent proliferation of wearable self-tracking devices intended to regulate and measure the body has brought contingent questions of controlling, accessing and interpreting personal data. Given a...
