Reconfiguring Our Data: A Duoethnography on Chronic Health and Physical Activity through the Lens of Fitness Trackers

Gómez Ortega, Alejandra and Vincenzi, Beatrice (2025) Reconfiguring Our Data: A Duoethnography on Chronic Health and Physical Activity through the Lens of Fitness Trackers. In: DIS '25: Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 5th-9th July 2025, Funchal, Portugal.

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Abstract

Does a run count if it is not logged and datafied? What about intentionally or unintentionally missing a run? Does missing a scheduled run count if it is not logged and datafied? In this paper, we grapple with these and other questions as we reflect on, discuss, and critique our interactions with our physical activity data as individuals with a chronic health condition. We describe the preliminary results of a six-week duoethnography study where we use our Garmin wearable devices – and the data collected and generated by them – as our object of study. We draw from critical and feminist perspectives on data to interrogate what is and is not captured by the data and reflect on the temporality of physical activity, data, and our chronic health conditions. We conclude by discussing three considerations on how data could be reconfigured to meaningfully account for our chronic health conditions.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Identification Number:	10.1145/3715668.3736373
Dates:	Date Event 5 July 2025 Published
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Human-centered computing, Interaction design, Empirical studies in HCI
Subjects:	CAH11 - computing > CAH11-01 - computing > CAH11-01-01 - computer science
Divisions:	Architecture, Built Environment, Computing and Engineering > Computer Science
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	03 Sep 2025 12:35
Last Modified:	03 Sep 2025 12:35
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16632

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