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Conclusion: Community at a Crossroads

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2025

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In the conclusion, I consider how the Quantified Self (QS) has evolved since I completed my research in 2017. The composition and social function of this collective have been partially reshaped by its original organizers who have continued to focus group activities on citizen science and academic research. Groups such as QS have also become affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has altered the nature and function of in-person and post-work socializing in the commercial sphere more broadly. Nevertheless, the industry practices, challenges, and promises refracted through the QS interface in this book remain germane as they speak to some of the central dynamics that continue to impact the self-tracking market, if now in a different guise.

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Ethnography of an Interface
Self-Tracking, Quantified Self, and the Work of Digital Connections
, pp. 181 - 189
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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