The Quantification of Bodies in Health - Multidisciplinary Perspectives (Hardcover)

The use of digital tracking technologies is a widespread phenomenon. Millions of people around the world now track, document, and analyse their physical activities, vital functions, and daily habits through wearable devices, apps, and platforms. The aim is to assess and improve health, productivity, and wellbeing. The current Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the uptake of tracking technologies. At the heart of this trend lies the quantification of the body, deemed as a key element in medical practice and personal self-care. While often couched in positive promotional terms that highlight its value to users' mental, emotional, and physical health, it is also raising a host of issues and concerns that are at once ontological, ethical, political, social, legal, economic, and aesthetic. The Quantification of Bodies in Health aims to deepen understanding of this growing phenomenon and of the role of self-tracking practices in everyday life. It brings together established and emerging authors working at the intersection of philosophy, sociology, history, psychology, and digital culture, while bridging between philosophical and empirical approaches. A timely topic of extreme relevance and significance, The Quantification of Bodies in Health constitutes a useful and unique companion for anyone interested in the study of body quantification and self-tracking practices.

General

Imprint:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2021
First published:	2022
Editors:	Btihaj Ajana • Joaquim Braga • Simone Guidi
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-1-80071-884-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Medicine > General issues > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > General
LSN:	1-80071-884-5
Barcode:	9781800718845

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