Affected body: a self-tracking experience with a wearable technology

ABSTRACT

This article explores the production of meanings about data practices in digital culture based on an experience of self-tracking physical exercises. The aim is to problematize the emergence of a body that affected and was affected by a wearable technology during a self-tracking experience. Methodologically, the work followed the format of an actor-network report guided by an experience of self-tracking. In its analytical-descriptive composition, the text articulates elements of the Actor-Network Theory and concepts that entangle self-tracking studies as a data practice. It was possible to identify mobilizers of the “making-do” produced in the multiple affectations of a hybrid body, performative and sensitive to the differences registered in the world.

Keywords:
Affected body; Self-tracking; Wearable technology; Physical Education