Essays about: "quantified self"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 essays containing the words quantified self.
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1. Bodies in Smartwatches : Embodied Data and Augmented Experiences in Self-Tracking Runners
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Abstract : This thesis investigates the relation between human and smartwatch by exploring the experiences of four Swedish long-distance runners who use digital technology to self-track their running activities. By examining the participating runners’ use of their smartwatches and smartwatch data as postphenomenological human-technology relations (Ihde, 1990), this thesis offers a perspective on the use of wearable self-tracking technology as augmenting human experience through digital data. READ MORE
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2. Investigating the potential dependence of the apparent diffusivity of lateral self-exchange on mesoporous ZrO2 film
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kemi - BMCAbstract : Lateral self-exchange of charge across dye-sensitized film is a phenomenon that may play animportant role in effectivizing H2 production from water via solar energy, and shows potential forother interesting applications. The rate of charge movement via lateral self-exchange across afilm is often quantified in terms of apparent diffusivity of charge, Dapp. READ MORE
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3. Speculations on the use of menstrual tracking technologies at the workplace : surveillance, privacy, and productivity
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Biometric monitoring as part of workplace surveillance is an emerging phenomenon alongside the widespread use of self-tracking technologies. Among tools that are used for biometric monitoring of employees are technologies for menstrual tracking, and companies who have access to their employees menstrual data could use it against them to exert power, control, and discrimination. READ MORE
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4. An analysis of the relationships between urban green space and public health : A combination of GIS-based analysis and regression models
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för temaAbstract : Public health is an essential urban issue attracting the increasing attention of scholars and decision-makers while urban planning is an important mechanism to promote health since mounting evidence has shown the planning elements, such as urban green spaces (UGS), could have a positive influence. In previous literature, the studies concerning the impacts of UGSs can be divided into two aspects: the first is to reveal the relationships between UGSs and health using statistical models based on self-reported data, while the second is to take their relationships as presumption and visualize the spatial distributions of UGSs in a geographical information system (GIS) to indicate the existence of health inequalities. READ MORE
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5. Collective identity formation and commercial platform logics in social activism: Representation of women and black feminist activism on Instagram under #BlackLivesMatter
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : Due to the participatory nature of social media platforms, users contribute to the narratives built around online action for social change and shape the discourse on societal topics through their participation. At the same time as social media has become a space for societal activism and participation facilitating connective action of individuals, social media platforms are ultimately, for most, owned by private companies. READ MORE
