#11258. Tracking towards care: Relational affordances of self-tracking in gym culture

August 2026publication date
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Health (social science);
Health Policy;
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health;
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Abstract:
In the past few years, self-tracking technologies have been celebrated for the possibilities they offer to ‘optimize’ fitness and wellbeing, yet also criticized for being rigid and isolating. We argue that tracking has the capacity to afford care and wellness when it is emplaced within socialities and when actors are able to exercise their capacities and knowledge in ways that mitigate the data outputs. To test this hypothesis, we identified complex tracking arrangements and inquired into how these arrangements afford care.
Keywords:
analog tracking; care; fitness trainer; gym culture; responsibility; Self-tracking; technologies

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