What can period apps teach us about autonomy?
Prologue
Can period apps improve our autonomy?
With Judith Zoë Blijden
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1. Humans & Period tracking
What is period tracking?
With Iris van Wurmond, Mana Sadeghipour and Rayén Mitrovich (Radical Data)
Resources: ‘Period Power’ by Maisie Hill, ‘Invisible Women’ by Carolina Criado-Pérez and, for the Dutchies, the report ‘Gezondheidstechnologie speciaal voor vrouwen’ by the Rathenau Instituut.
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2. Period apps & Society
What are the (ethical) risks of period tracking?
With Chiara Nowak (Not a period), Elisabetta Biasin and Anastasia Siapka (Leuven University)
Resources: ‘not.a.period’, ‘Bleeding data: the case of fertility and menstruation tracking apps’.
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3. Values & technology
How do values translate to technology and how can we choose an app that fits with our values?
With Iris Muis (Data School) and Julia Krämer (Erasmus University)
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4. Autonomy & Privacy
What is autonomy?
With Marjolein Lanzing (University of Amsterdam), Naomi Jacobs (University Twente), Jenneke Evers (Leiden University) and Anuj Puri(Tilburg University)
Resources: Marjolein Lanzing, The transparent self: a normative investigation of changing selves and relationships in the age of the quantified self (2019). Naomi Jacobs and Jenneke Evers, Ethical perspectives on femtech: moving from concerns to capability-sensitive designs (2023) Anuj Puri, The Group Right to Mutual Privacy (2023)
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5. Feminist futures
What does feminism mean for tracking and technology?
With Marie Kochsiek (Drip) and (Elisa Lindinger (SuperrrLab)
Resources: Feminist Tech Principles, Feminist tech policy, D
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6. Localization of technology
How to adapt period apps to the needs of a local community?
With Risper Onyango, Niken Lasarati (Unicef) and Ashley Rarieya and Mercy Nzuki (LVC Health, Oky Kenya)
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Epilogue
What I have learned from dating apps about autonomy
With Judith Zoë Blijden
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