Anna Nolda Nagele
ABSTRACT
This paper introduces a Ph.D. research project on the affective relationships between users and wearable sleep-trackers. Sleep monitoring is a recent addition to wearable technology, computing in the intimate sphere of the body. Wearable devices interact with the human body, often bypassing conscious thought and manipulating behaviours. The acceptance of sleep-trackers transforms the discourse of sleep from a passive, non-reflexive experience into an active, measurable performance. The sleeping body becomes part of a network of sensing devices where human behaviour becomes operationalised. This exploratory research project aims to untangle the effects of sleep-tracking on individual and social levels. Through analysis of language and discourse a first study aims to identify the human and non-human subjectivities such technology produces and the affective relationships between them. The findings of this project will provide a starting point for a posthuman approach to designing wearable technology.
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