Papers by Rachael Kent
Book Chapters by Rachael Kent
Self-Tracking Empirical and Philosophical Investigations , 2017
Digital health technologies, self-tracking devices and social media platforms enable a variety of... more Digital health technologies, self-tracking devices and social media platforms enable a variety of ways to represent ‘health’. Such practices are often celebrated as empowering, promising to revolutionise healthcare through increased ‘self-knowledge’ and sharing of data (Townsend in Smart Citizens, Future Everything Publications, 2013; Wei in Mobile Media and Communication 1: 50–56, 2013; Parachassi in A Networked Self: Identity, Community and Culture on Social Network Sites, Routledge, London, 2011). This raises many questions as to how helpful that is, especially in terms of the influences of individual and peer surveillance upon health management. This chapter draws upon empirical interview data, examining how and why users of self-tracking devices and applications share and represent their ‘health’ through social media. How do these self-representations enable ways of experiencing and viewing one’s own body and health? Does the acquisition and sharing of data mean better health outcomes or health optimisation?
Films by Rachael Kent
Paper on my forthcoming book chapter 'Social Media and Self-Tracking: Representing the Health Sel... more Paper on my forthcoming book chapter 'Social Media and Self-Tracking: Representing the Health Self' in Eds. Ajana, B. Self-Tracking. Palgrave MacMillan
AIAS Aarhus University, Denmark, June 2016
Different platforms shape subjectivity in particular ways. Ego-Media researcher Rachael Kent expl... more Different platforms shape subjectivity in particular ways. Ego-Media researcher Rachael Kent explains how a community of users of health diaries understands self through body consciousness. Gathering of data and relationship to goals bring out digital forms and understandings of self through community and sharing.
26 May - 7 July 2017 Dear Diary: A celebration of diaries and their digital descendants, Inigo Rooms, King's College London, Somerset House East Wing, London WC2R 2LS, Weds-Sun 11-5.30
http://deardiaryexpo.co.uk/
Conference Presentations by Rachael Kent
Culture, Media and Creative industries Postgraduate Conference, Kings College London, 13th June 2... more Culture, Media and Creative industries Postgraduate Conference, Kings College London, 13th June 2017
Paper: ‘Social Media and Self-Tracking: Representing the Healthy Self’.
Food Cultures Symposium, Canberra University, Australia. 20th October 2017
Paper: Self-Repres... more Food Cultures Symposium, Canberra University, Australia. 20th October 2017
Paper: Self-Representation through Instagram: "I think ooh this will be a good Instagram picture, I spend so much time moving things around on the plate, by the time I get to eat it it’s cold"
Metric Culture, AIAS Aarhus University, Denmark, 9th June 2017
Paper: ‘Self-Tracking and Metric... more Metric Culture, AIAS Aarhus University, Denmark, 9th June 2017
Paper: ‘Self-Tracking and Metric Culture’
The Digital Everyday, Kings College London 6th May 2017
Self-Tracking Practices as Forms of L... more The Digital Everyday, Kings College London 6th May 2017
Self-Tracking Practices as Forms of LIfe Logging and Diarising
Culture Media and Creative Industries Post Graduate Conference Kings College London 13th June 201... more Culture Media and Creative Industries Post Graduate Conference Kings College London 13th June 2016
Paper: 'Digital Health Technologies and Social Media'
International Conference on Health and Illness Narratives Tenerife 11th/12th November 2016
Pape... more International Conference on Health and Illness Narratives Tenerife 11th/12th November 2016
Paper :'Social Media and Health Narratives: Representing the ‘Health Self’
Quantified Self and The Rise of Self-Tracking Aarhus University 15th June 2016
Conference Paper... more Quantified Self and The Rise of Self-Tracking Aarhus University 15th June 2016
Conference Paper: Digital Health Technologies and Self-Representation
Language, Discourse and Communications 'Unveiling Surveillance' Symposium Kings College London 11... more Language, Discourse and Communications 'Unveiling Surveillance' Symposium Kings College London 11th May 2016
Language and Health Online Symposium University of Basel, Switzerland 15/16th April 2016
Paper:... more Language and Health Online Symposium University of Basel, Switzerland 15/16th April 2016
Paper: 'The Effects of Digital Health Technologies on Health Practice'
https://language-health-online.unibas.ch/?Symposium_LHO_2016
Ego-Media International Network Meeting 13th/14th September 2016, Kings College London
Paper: 'T... more Ego-Media International Network Meeting 13th/14th September 2016, Kings College London
Paper: 'The Effects of Digital Health Technologies on Self-Representations: The Case of Instagram and Facebook'
Exhibitions by Rachael Kent
‘Dear Diary: A Celebration of Diaries and their Digital Descendants‘ considers how diaries stage ... more ‘Dear Diary: A Celebration of Diaries and their Digital Descendants‘ considers how diaries stage important issues for the individual and society, including those of identity, intimacy, privacy, secrecy, therapy, self-expression, self-improvement, memory and witnessing.
The exhibition is taking place in the Inigo Rooms, Somerset House East Wing at King’s College London, and runs from 26 May to 7 July 2017.
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Papers by Rachael Kent
Book Chapters by Rachael Kent
Films by Rachael Kent
26 May - 7 July 2017 Dear Diary: A celebration of diaries and their digital descendants, Inigo Rooms, King's College London, Somerset House East Wing, London WC2R 2LS, Weds-Sun 11-5.30
http://deardiaryexpo.co.uk/
Conference Presentations by Rachael Kent
Paper: ‘Social Media and Self-Tracking: Representing the Healthy Self’.
Paper: Self-Representation through Instagram: "I think ooh this will be a good Instagram picture, I spend so much time moving things around on the plate, by the time I get to eat it it’s cold"
Paper: ‘Self-Tracking and Metric Culture’
Self-Tracking Practices as Forms of LIfe Logging and Diarising
Paper: 'Digital Health Technologies and Social Media'
Paper :'Social Media and Health Narratives: Representing the ‘Health Self’
Conference Paper: Digital Health Technologies and Self-Representation
Paper: 'The Effects of Digital Health Technologies on Health Practice'
https://language-health-online.unibas.ch/?Symposium_LHO_2016
Paper: 'The Effects of Digital Health Technologies on Self-Representations: The Case of Instagram and Facebook'
Exhibitions by Rachael Kent
The exhibition is taking place in the Inigo Rooms, Somerset House East Wing at King’s College London, and runs from 26 May to 7 July 2017.
26 May - 7 July 2017 Dear Diary: A celebration of diaries and their digital descendants, Inigo Rooms, King's College London, Somerset House East Wing, London WC2R 2LS, Weds-Sun 11-5.30
http://deardiaryexpo.co.uk/
Paper: ‘Social Media and Self-Tracking: Representing the Healthy Self’.
Paper: Self-Representation through Instagram: "I think ooh this will be a good Instagram picture, I spend so much time moving things around on the plate, by the time I get to eat it it’s cold"
Paper: ‘Self-Tracking and Metric Culture’
Self-Tracking Practices as Forms of LIfe Logging and Diarising
Paper: 'Digital Health Technologies and Social Media'
Paper :'Social Media and Health Narratives: Representing the ‘Health Self’
Conference Paper: Digital Health Technologies and Self-Representation
Paper: 'The Effects of Digital Health Technologies on Health Practice'
https://language-health-online.unibas.ch/?Symposium_LHO_2016
Paper: 'The Effects of Digital Health Technologies on Self-Representations: The Case of Instagram and Facebook'
The exhibition is taking place in the Inigo Rooms, Somerset House East Wing at King’s College London, and runs from 26 May to 7 July 2017.