Self-tracking: Empirical and philosophical investigations

by | Oct 4, 2017 | Research Publications

Author(s):

  • Ajana, Btihaj

Abstract:

Practices of self-tracking and quantification through digital technologies have become commonplace in recent years. With the rapid spread of apps and devices enabling the data capturing and monitoring of the individual’s everyday activities, behaviours and habits, an increasing number of people around the world are embracing this culture of quantification and self-tracking in the spirit of improving their health and charting their fitness progress. Encouraged by movements such as the Quantified Self, whose motto is ‘self-knowledge through numbers’, practices of self-tracking and fitness monitoring have now become routine aspects of everyday life. In this introductory chapter, I begin by introducing the topic of the book, providing a contextualisation of its content and an overview of the different chapters in this edited collection.

Document:

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-65379-2

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