Metric Culture
An edition of Metric Culture (2018)
Ontologies of Self-Tracking Practices
By Btihaj Ajana
Publish Date
2018
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Language
eng
Pages
288
Description:
Data and metrics play an unmistakably powerful role in today's society. Over the years, their use has expanded to cover almost every sphere of everyday life. This book provides a critical investigation into what we can call a ""metric culture"" in which practices of self-tracking and quantification have become more popular than ever before.