Self-Tracking Empirical and Philosophical Investigations
This book provides an empirical and philosophical investigation of self-tracking practices. In recent years, there has been an explosion of apps and devices that enable the data capturing and monitoring of everyday activities, behaviours and habits. Encou
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Edited by Btihaj Ajana
Self-Tracking
Btihaj Ajana Editor
Self-Tracking Empirical and Philosophical Investigations
Editor Btihaj Ajana Digital Humanities King’s College London London, UK and Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies Aarhus University Aarhus, Denmark
ISBN 978-3-319-65378-5 ISBN 978-3-319-65379-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-65379-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017948697 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © Stephen Bonk/Fotolia.co.uk Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Acknowledgements
This edited collection grew out of the workshop ‘The Quantified Self and the Rise of Self-Tracking Culture’, organised by Btihaj Ajana in June 2016 at the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies. The workshop was part of Ajana’s Marie Curie Fellowship project, supported the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme under Grant Agreement No. 609033. We wish to thank Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies and the European Union for their generous support with the workshop and this ensuing publication project. We also wish to thank all the workshop attendees for their useful feedback and comments on our presentations and panel discussions. Many thanks also to the research participants and the many self-trackers who generously shared their experiences and thoughts with us in the course of conducting our respective research projects and writings. Finally, we would like to thank the editors at Palgrave Macmillan for their support with the publication of this book.
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Contents
1 Introduction 1 Btihaj Ajana 2 Engagement and the Quantified Self: Uneventful
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