Publication
The Quantified Self (QS) members explore the relation between self-tracking and individual change. Berger and Luckmann insists that individual change begins with a disruptive emotion. It continues with the public sharing of the story of the event. Then the experience becomes part of the general understanding of an individual’s identity. This frame of analysis will be tested in the context of the QS. During a QS meeting self-trackers present their self-exploration through the use of tools. Based on viz they share the results of such practices on their daily practices. I will observe how the tools, practices, and viz are utilized in the stories of individuals participating in a public event. New ways to tell a story about oneself have to be analyzed to understand how specific practices affect the individual’s identity. The aim is to describe types of individual change.
Roland John Tormey, Nihat Kotluk