Umeå University's logo

umu.sePublications
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Design for dis/ability: a crip inquiry into energy tracking
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Informatics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3334-9239
Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1389-8246
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Informatics.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5620-6305
2026 (English)In: CHI '26: proceedings of the 2026 CHI conference on human factors in computing systems, ACM Digital Library, 2026, article id 260Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This study explores the phenomenon of energy and self-tracking technologies, moving beyond the context of managing chronic conditions. Our approach to designing from the experiences of people with disability is informed by crip theory, which challenges societal norms of health and ability. We analysed 50 survey responses and 15 interviews with wearable tracker users and found that self-tracking shapes interpretation of energy and self-care strategies. Our findings indicate that tracking significantly affect perceptions and judgments of bodily activity, energy and rest. We found a notable disconnect between the metrics provided by the trackers and the subjective understanding of personal energy meanings, especially during events of bodily and contextual changes such as travelling, illness, or menstrual cycle. This research contributes to discourses on energy in self-tracking technologies and advocates for designing more inclusive, crip futures for everyone that celebrate irregularity, fluctuation, and change, accommodating diverse bodily rhythms in energy tracking practices.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
ACM Digital Library, 2026. article id 260
National Category
Human Computer Interaction
Research subject
design
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-252641DOI: 10.1145/3772318.3790404Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105038668155ISBN: 979-8-4007-2278-3 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-252641DiVA, id: diva2:2056453
Conference
CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Barcelona, Spain, April 13-17, 2026
Funder
Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanity and Society (WASP-HS)Available from: 2026-04-29 Created: 2026-04-29 Last updated: 2026-05-27Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(992 kB)174 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT01.pdfFile size 992 kBChecksum SHA-512
5c0d4878c3d0f4132c3293e2db9abdc500e009d089ce3aae2a9ddf1fb812461e84b6b7a748dbcaf69309023a795ff7a68309821856a5c9f7b5827a97888c26c8
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

Other links

Publisher's full textScopus

Authority records

Kaklopoulou, IreneSanches, Pedro

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Kaklopoulou, IreneHomewood, SarahSanches, Pedro
By organisation
Department of Informatics
Human Computer Interaction

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

doi
isbn
urn-nbn

Altmetric score

doi
isbn
urn-nbn
Total: 146 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf