John Toner

Wearable Technology in Elite Sport

A Critical Examination

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Wearable Technology in Elite Sport reveals how wearable devices are used to quantify athletic bodies which have several undesirable consequences for the embodied subject. This book examines the process by which wearable data is produced, represented, and enacted in the governance of athletic behaviour.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Sports Technology and Engineering
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 370g
• ISBN-13: 9781032026404
• ISBN-10: 1032026405
• Artikelnr.: 67824589

Autorenporträt

John Toner, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Coaching and Performance in the Department of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences at the University of Hull, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Elite sport and the cult of measurement. 2. Datafication and the
cultivation of the neoliberal subject. 3. Producing data. 4. Exploring the
representation and enactment of wearable data. 5. Sensing data: Navigating
an algorithmic world. 6. The social and ethical implications of excessive
datafication.