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Moritz Meister, MSc
| Titel | Engaging with new Technologies of the Self: The Quantified Affect |
| Untertitel | 20th Conference of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP) |
| Typ | Konferenz |
| Texte | Abstract: With an ever-accelerating speed, we are currently witnessing the intrusion of personalized tracking technologies into our daily lives and workplaces. Regarding what it is to be tracked, the trend has gone from the physiological and behavioral (steps, calories, heart rate) to the subjective and ‘psy-chological’ (stress, resilience, mindfulness). This presentation explores the phenomenon of mood tracking: periodically self-protocolling one’s affective state via certain apps that give users quanti-tative and visual feedback (emojis, points, graphs) but also behavioral recommendations according to their ‘emotional data’. Mood tracking is a prominent feature in mental health and wellbeing apps which are currently proliferating in a variety of areas, from clinical therapy to the workplace.
As techno-material means (microdispositifs), mood tracking apps pertain to core psychosocial mechanisms of self- and other-relations including affective, bodily, and social knowledge. They in-terpellate their users specifically, convey self-images, and enable or restrict certain modes of in-teractions. We overall refer to those procedures as subjectivation processes which need to be ex-amined empirically: how is the implicit understanding, reflection, and communication of one's af-fects mediated by specifically designed mood tracking applications?
Our empirical approach comprises:
- Participatory ethnographic walkthroughs of the apps’ user interfaces, including their discursive and visual content.
- Qualitative interviews and group discussions with users that assess concrete modes of reception and appropriation of these technologies.
In parallel with our empirical findings, we aim to enhance our theoretical understanding of mood tracking as a dynamic interplay between lived personal experience, social power relations and techo-material structures.
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| Veranstalter*innen | International Society for Theoretical Psychology |
| Vortragende | Meister Moritz Slunecko, Thomas |
| Datum, Zeit und Ort | Datum: 2024-05-28 - 2024-05-28 Ortsbeschreibung: Belgrade University |
| URL | https://www.istp2024.f.bg.ac.rs/ |
