John Toner

Wearable Technology in Elite Sport (eBook, ePUB)

A Critical Examination

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Wearable Technology in Elite Sport reveals how wearable devices are used to quantify athletic bodies which have several undesirable consequences for the embodied subject. This book examines the process by which wearable data is produced, represented, and enacted in the governance of athletic behaviour.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000925845
• Artikelnr.: 68347051

Autorenporträt

John Toner, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Coaching and Performance in the Department of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences at the University of Hull, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Elite sport and the cult of measurement. 2. Datafication and the
cultivation of the neoliberal subject. 3. Producing data. 4. Exploring the
representation and enactment of wearable data. 5. Sensing data: Navigating
an algorithmic world. 6. The social and ethical implications of excessive
datafication.