Metric culture : ontologies of self-tracking practices

• Other Authors: Ajana, Btihaj, (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
• Subjects: Technology > Social aspects.; Metrology.; Metric projections.; Social Science > Disease & Health Issues.; Medical sociology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781787432895 (e-book); 9781787439481 (ePUB)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 264 pages) ; cm

We live in a "metric culture" where data, algorithms, and numbers play an unmistakably powerful role in defining, shaping and ruling the world we inhabit. Increasingly, governments across the globe are turning towards metric technologies to find solutions for managing various social domain...