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Chapter 4. Tracking (in)fertile bodies: Intimate data in the culture of surveillance
Department of Humanities, University of Gävle, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8423-6218
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2023 (English)In: Everyday Life in the Culture of Surveillance / [ed] L. Samuelsson, C. Cocq, S. Gelfgren, & J. Enbom, Nordicom, University of Gothenburg , 2023, p. 89-108Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Surveillance culture promotes self-improvement through quantified self-knowledge. Digital devices and mobile apps are developed for self-tracking practices, and individuals collect and analyse data about their bodies and habits for numerous purposes. One area of self-tracking involves fertility tracking, through which women track symptoms and signs relating to their menstrual cycle, also called intimate surveillance. Previous research has shown that self-tracking technologies and software often leak data and affect and (re)produce understandings and knowledges of (female) bodies. This chapter explores the following: What are the imaginaries and practices of intimate surveillance among women who use digital apps or wearables to self-monitor their fertility? Through eleven interviews with women who engage in fertility self-tracking, I found multilayered motives and understandings in relation to self-tracking practices, where potential risks are appreciated. Simultaneously, the possibility of fertility self-tracking is seen as a general positive that enables self-knowledge and a sense of empowerment and ownership. 

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Nordicom, University of Gothenburg , 2023. p. 89-108
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intimate surveillance, intimate data, fertility tracking, self-tracking, mobile apps
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URN: urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-12802DOI: 10.48335/9789188855732-4OAI: oai:DiVA.org:norden-12802DiVA, id: diva2:1746825
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