SOC 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Fitbit, Quantified Self, Wii
27 Nov 2016
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Co-creator james park was inspired by playing wii fit. Wii fit has you in your living room, fitbit goes with you into the rest of life. (hill, 2011) Enter activities the device can"t sense (e. g. cycling, sex) What is the appeal, pleasure and possible benefits of fitbits and similar technologies? (hill, 2011) Foucault"s (1978) govermentality, captures the mental orientation of self- governance. The direct translation is the conduct of conduct . Coming to govern ourselves in ways that the state wants. (foucault, 1978) Effective discipline is done in a free context. [t]o govern is to recognize that capacity for action and to adjust oneself to it. This entails trying to understand what mobilizes the domains or entities to be governed: to govern one must act upon these forces, instrumentalize them in order to shape actions, processes and outcomes in desired directions. Hence, when it comes to governing human beings, to govern is to presuppose the freedom of the governed.
