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Laboring Bodies and the Quantified Self

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The body has become central to practices of self-tracking. By focusing on the relations between quantification, the body, and labor, this volume sheds light on the ways in which discourses on data collection, office work, and production are instrumental in redefining concepts of labor, including notions of immaterial and free labor in an increasingly virtual work environment. The contributions explore the functions of quantification in conceptualizing the body as a laboring body and examine how quantification contributes to disciplining the body. By doing so, they also inquire how practices of self-tracking, self-monitoring, and self-optimization have evolved historically.weiterlesen

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Elektronisches Format: PDF

Sprache(n): Englisch

ISBN: 978-3-8394-4921-9 / 978-3839449219 / 9783839449219

Verlag: transcript

Erscheinungsdatum: 30.09.2020

Seiten: 246

Auflage: 1

Herausgegeben von Ulfried Reichardt, Regina Schober

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