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Materializing
Period-tracking with apps and the (re)constitution of menstrual cycles
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https://doi.org/10.7146/mediekultur.v37i71.122621Keywords:
Self-tracking, Bodies, Science and Technology Studies, Period-tracking apps, Feminist New MaterialismAbstract
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Karlsson, A. (2019). A Room of One’s Own?: Using period trackers to escape menstrual stigma. Nordicom Review, 40(s1), 111–123. https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2019-0017
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Mol, A. (2002). The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice. Duke University Press.
Smith, G. J. D., & Vonthethoff, B. (2017). Health by numbers? Exploring the practice and experience of datafied health. Health Sociology Review, 26(1), 6–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2016.1196600
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Andelsman, V. (2021). Materializing: Period-tracking with apps and the (re)constitution of menstrual cycles. MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, 37(71), 054–072. https://doi.org/10.7146/mediekultur.v37i71.122621
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