Abstract
I explore the experience of managing type 1 diabetes with wearable technology. Type 1 diabetes is a chronic illness which requires continuous maintenance to keep the blood glucose levels within range. Using autoethnography, I investigate both the practices of translating information from technology and from senses, and also from health authorities, into practices. I conclude that the management of type 1 diabetes is informed by an urge to control the body, but this situation can be understood otherwise from a logic of care.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 522-537 |
| Journal | Medical Anthropology. Cross-Cultural Studies in Health and Illness |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Early online date | 2024 Jul 29 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Other Humanities
- Cultural Studies
Free keywords
- Bodily control
- diabetes
- insulin pump therapy
- logics of care
- Sweden, autoethnography
- wearable technology
