The Quantification of Bodies in Health

The Quantification of Bodies in Health by Btihaj Ajana

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.

Btihaj Ajana is Professor of Ethics and Digital Culture at the Department of Digital Humanities at King's College London, UK. She is a former Marie Curie Fellow at Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Denmark.

Joaquim Braga is Researcher and Professor at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. He is also a member of the university's Institute for Philosophical Studies.

Simone Guidi is Researcher at the CNR-ILIESI, Italy. He was (2019-2020) Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and FCT Post-Doc Fellow (2017-2019) at the same university's Institute for Philosophical Studies.

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ISBN 13	9781800718845
ISBN 10	1800718845
Title	The Quantification of Bodies in Health
Author	Btihaj Ajana
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Emerald Publishing Limited
Year published	2021-12-06
Number of pages	232
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