Living Data, livre ebook

Based on unique empirical research and exploring a wide range of technologies, this book on biosensing practices covers the life course and considers everyday use and perspectives as well as public concerns;

Offers analysis informed by current sociology and science and technologies studies approaches;

From a strong author team of experts in this area.

As individuals increasingly seek ways of accessing, understanding and sharing data about their own bodies, this book offers a critique of the popular claim that ‘more information’ equates to ‘better health’. In a study that redefines the public, academic and policy related debates around health, bodies, information and data, the authors consider the ways in which the phenomenon of self-diagnosis has created alternative worlds of knowledge and practises which are often at odds with professional medical advice. With a focus on data that concerns significant life changes, this book explores the potential challenges related to people’s changing relationships with traditional health systems as access to, and control over, data shifts.

Introduction: What Does Biosensing Do?

Fertility Biosensing

Biosensing Stress

Platform Biosensing and Post- Genomic Relatedness

Biosensing in Old Age

Conclusion: What Might Biosensing Do?