Building a qualified self around lifecycles of experience and thinking

Theresa  Dirndorfer Anderson; Roberto Martinez-Maldonado

Building a qualified self around lifecycles of experience and thinking

Theresa Dirndorfer Anderson
, Roberto Martinez-Maldonado

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Other

Abstract

This paper shares some questions and preliminary findings emerging from a work-in-progress exploring methods to obtain qualitative data to contextualize self-tracked data. With the emergence of more sophisticated body sensors we may be able to automatically record our data but that will not necessary mean that data will be more accurate. Auto-generated data is easier to collect but we are learning how quantified self is not telling the full story. The goal of this paper is to trigger conversation about the need to explore methods to obtain qualitative data from quantitative self-tracked data and about the capacity of the digital traces of our human existence to account for our thoughts and our feelings.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2016 Workshop on Personal Information Management (PIM 2016)
Editors	William Jones, Catherine Marshall, Victoria Bellotti, Robert Capra, Jesse David Dinneen, Gloria Mark, Karyn Moffatt, Jaime Teevan, Max Van Kleek
Place of Publication	New York NY USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Number of pages	5
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	Workshop on Personal Information Management 2016 - San Jose, United States of America Duration: 7 May 2018 → 8 May 2018 http://pimworkshop.org/2016/

Conference

Conference	Workshop on Personal Information Management 2016
Abbreviated title	PIM 2016
Country/Territory	United States of America
City	San Jose
Period	7/05/18 → 8/05/18
Internet address	http://pimworkshop.org/2016/

Keywords

Quantified self
Qualified self
Communities
Self-Tracking

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Cite this

Dirndorfer Anderson, T., & Martinez-Maldonado, R. (2016). Building a qualified self around lifecycles of experience and thinking. In W. Jones, C. Marshall, V. Bellotti, R. Capra, J. David Dinneen, G. Mark, K. Moffatt, J. Teevan, & M. Van Kleek (Eds.), CHI 2016 Workshop on Personal Information Management (PIM 2016) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). http://pimworkshop.org/2016/papers/PIM_2016_paper_11.pdf

Dirndorfer Anderson, Theresa ; Martinez-Maldonado, Roberto. / Building a qualified self around lifecycles of experience and thinking. CHI 2016 Workshop on Personal Information Management (PIM 2016). editor / William Jones ; Catherine Marshall ; Victoria Bellotti ; Robert Capra ; Jesse David Dinneen ; Gloria Mark ; Karyn Moffatt ; Jaime Teevan ; Max Van Kleek. New York NY USA : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2016.

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Dirndorfer Anderson, T & Martinez-Maldonado, R 2016, Building a qualified self around lifecycles of experience and thinking. in W Jones, C Marshall, V Bellotti, R Capra, J David Dinneen, G Mark, K Moffatt, J Teevan & M Van Kleek (eds), CHI 2016 Workshop on Personal Information Management (PIM 2016). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York NY USA, Workshop on Personal Information Management 2016, San Jose, California, United States of America, 7/05/18. <http://pimworkshop.org/2016/papers/PIM_2016_paper_11.pdf>

Building a qualified self around lifecycles of experience and thinking. / Dirndorfer Anderson, Theresa ; Martinez-Maldonado, Roberto.
CHI 2016 Workshop on Personal Information Management (PIM 2016). ed. / William Jones; Catherine Marshall; Victoria Bellotti; Robert Capra; Jesse David Dinneen; Gloria Mark; Karyn Moffatt; Jaime Teevan; Max Van Kleek. New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2016.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Other

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