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Constructed bodies
how can physiological instruments become tools of self-perception?
pp. 90-93
Abstract
Rene Leriche's phenomenally based image of health serves to frame a concern regarding the integration of physiological sensor technologies into the consumer market. However, this analysis is not so concerned with the body in a state of illness, when normal life is interrupted, but at the point when physiological instrumentation is diffused into what Don Ihde refers to as the "technological texture' (Ihde: 1979) of our day-to-day environment. It is this possibility that demands an enquiry into what may happen when instrumentation gives the body a voice.
Publication details
Published in:
Ascott Roy, Bast Gerald, Fiel Wolfgang, Jahrmann Margarete, Schnell Ruth (2009) New realities: being syncretic. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 90-93
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-78891-2_20
Full citation:
Drayson Hannah (2009) „Constructed bodies: how can physiological instruments become tools of self-perception?“, In: R. Ascott, G. Bast, W. Fiel, M. Jahrmann & R. Schnell (eds.), New realities, Dordrecht, Springer, 90–93.