Fitness, Technology and Society: Amusing Ourselves to Life

ISBN-13: 9781138948037 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 156 str.

Brad Millington

Opis

We have entered into a new fitness boom characterized by interactive and customizable technology, from active video games such as Wii Fit to fitness apps and 'wearables'. This is the first book to examine these developments through a critical scholarly lens. It argues that human-technology relationships in fitness are now qualitatively different, requiring the consumption and production of information, a shift to 'prosumption' and interactivity. It examines the origins of these trends and implications for wider society, with the new tech rewarding some individuals and groups over others. A fascinating blend of physical cultural studies, science and technology studies and governmentality.

Spis treści

Introduction: The New Fitness Boom  1. Historicizing Fitness Technology  2. A Game for Everyone: The Fitness-Technology Complex  3. Be Your Best Self: Gamification, Optimization, Surveillance  4. Anywhere, Anytime: Fitness Technology and Mobile Privatization  5. Becoming With: Negotiating Technology Consumption  Conclusion: Amusing Ourselves to Life

O autorze

Brad Millington is a Lecturer in the Department for Health at the University of Bath, UK. Previously, he completed a PhD in Kinesiology at The University of British Columbia and held a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Toronto. His research is broadly focused on physical culture and the meanings, practices, and technologies associated with the active body. In 2016, he was the recipient of the Sociology of Sport Journal Early Career Researcher Award