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Tracking (in)fertile bodies: Intimate data in the culture of surveillance
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Humanities, Media and communication studies.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8423-6218
2023 (English)In: Everyday life in the culture of surveillance / [ed] L. Samuelsson, C. Cocq, S. Gelfgren, & J. Enbom, Nordicom, 2023, p. 89-108Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Surveillance culture promotes self-improvement through quantified self-knowledge. Digital devices and mobile apps are developed for self-tracking practices, and individuals collect and analyse data about their bodies and habits for numerous purposes. One area of self-tracking involves fertility tracking, through which women track symptoms and signs relating to their menstrual cycle, also called intimate surveillance. Previous research has shown that self-tracking technologies and software often leak data and affect and (re)produce understandings and knowledges of (female) bodies. This chapter explores the following: What are the imaginaries and practices of intimate surveillance among women who use digital apps or wearables to self-monitor their fertility? Through eleven interviews with women who engage in fertility self-tracking, I found multilayered motives and understandings in relation to self-tracking practices, where potential risks are appreciated. Simultaneously, the possibility of fertility self-tracking is seen as a general positive that enables self-knowledge and a sense of empowerment and ownership.

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Nordicom, 2023. p. 89-108
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intimate surveillance, intimate data, fertility tracking, self-tracking, mobile apps
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Media and Communications
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-41734ISBN: 978-91-88855-72-5 (print)ISBN: 978-91-88855-73-2 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-41734DiVA, id: diva2:1754584
Available from: 2023-05-03 Created: 2023-05-03 Last updated: 2023-05-04Bibliographically approved

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