Caring through Data

Baby wearable technologies are becoming increasingly popular, particularly in early infancy. However, little research has been conducted to investigate how baby wearable technologies are adopted and used in parenting. This paper presents a two-week in-depth situated study with six mothers in their homes consisting of contextual entry and exit interviews, video recordings of "out-of-box" experiences, and a diary study. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, participants' use and expectations of the baby wearable technology were examined. Use of the device directly impacted upon parents' knowledge production and anxiety, and influenced the perceived physicality and social factors of parenting. We frame these findings around sociological norms of the vulnerable child and responsible mother, as well as the notion of "lived informatics", where individuals' interaction with the technology influenced the perception, use and impact of the baby wearable on everyday parenting practices and familial relationships.

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“…This furthers discourse in CSCW on intimate relationships and the impacts of health related technologies [e.g. 30].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 83%

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Wang

O’Kane

Newhouse

et al. 2017

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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“…Should designers prevent erroneous interpretations of biodata? Biodata is never neutral, and it changes how people relate to their own [91] as well as other's bodies, when seen through the lens of biodata [33]. For example, quantified data on babies health can affect how families relate to their offspring, and misguided trust on data can be an added source of anxiety [89].…”

Section: Evocative Balance As Part Of a Methodology To Co-construct Smentioning

confidence: 99%

Ambiguity as a Resource to Inform Proto-Practices

Sanches

Höök

Sas

et al. 2019

ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact.

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Skin conductance is an interesting measure of arousal level, largely unfamiliar to most end-users. We designed a mobile application mirroring end-users' skin conductance in evocative visualizations, purposefully made ambiguous to invite rich interpretations. Twenty-three participants used the system for a month. Through the lens of a practice-based analysis of weekly interviews and the logged data, several quite different-sometimes even mutually exclusive-interpretations or proto-practices arose: as stress management; sports performance; emotion tracking; general life logging; personality representation; or behavior change practices. This suggests the value of a purposefully open initial design to allow for the emergence of broader proto-practices to be followed by a second step of tailored design for each identified goal to facilitate the transition from proto-practice to practice. We contribute to the HCI discourse on ambiguity in design, arguing for balancing openness and ambiguity with scaffolding to better support the emergence of practices around biodata. CCS Concepts: • Human-centered computing → Human computer interaction (HCI); Interaction design;

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“…For example, research in the field of personal informatics in healthcare suggests that people may use technology to tinker with their bodies through codes or algorithms. This may lead to the experience of data as a means of exploration whereby new relationships and obligations emerge (Kaziunas, Ackerman, Lindtner, & Lee, 2017; Mol, 2008).…”

Section: Conclusion: the Need To Explore Appropriation Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Digital technologies and power dynamics in the organization: A conceptual review of remote working and wearable technologies at work

Miele

Tirabeni

2020

Sociology Compass

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In this article, we examine the kinds of control practices that emerge with the introduction of digital technologies, and how these technologies are employed to shape power within workplaces. We present a comparative conceptual review of work practices by contrasting remote work and the use of workplace wearables. We trace forms of power and control that have been enacted with the adoption of these work‐related technologies and associated practices. We find that the prevailing literature focuses on the practices enacted by management in order to control workers and exert power over them, and we propose that a more comprehensive approach be taken. In support of this view, we show how the concept of appropriation emerges from science and technology studies, and we argue that such a concept would be useful for exploring how workers use and incorporate digital technologies into their daily lives, thus reshaping power in organizations.

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Ambiguity as a Resource to Inform Proto-Practices

Digital technologies and power dynamics in the organization: A conceptual review of remote working and wearable technologies at work

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