This Way: Expressive Self-Tracking as Creative Practice

Joost Grootens

This Way: Expressive Self-Tracking as Creative Practice

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Abstract

The technological, economic, political, sociological, and theoretical dimensions of self-tracking as creative practice are analysed through a case study of a GPS drawing made by a Dutch amateur cyclist. Addressing the surveillance issues surrounding satellite navigation and fitness apps, as well as the economic models employed by the technology companies running the latter, the article uses sociologist Deborah Luptons five different modes of self-tracking to approach the self-tracking practice of the case study and propose a sixth mode: expressive self-tracking. A post-representational reading of GPS drawing emphasises the ambiguity of authorship and degree of completeness of digital production.

Key words:
self-tracking, GPS drawing, fitness apps, non-specialists, surveillance, post-representational cartography

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Datapolis : Exploring the Footprint of Data on Our Planet and Beyond
Editors	Paul Cournet, Negar Sanaan Bensi
Number of pages	10
Place of Publication	Rotterdam
Publisher	nai010 publishers
Publication date	1 Jun 2023
Pages	195–204
ISBN (Print)	9789462087194
ISBN (Electronic)	9789462087514
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2023

Keywords

self-tracking
GPS drawing
non-specialists
surveillance
post-representational cartography
cartography
mapmaking

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