ABSTRACT

The range of available tracking technologies that target parents and children has increased dramatically over the last decade, providing functionalities such as location and activity tracking. Situated in emerging conversations on the more-than-human sensorium, this paper investigates tracking practices among Australian parents of children aged between two and eight. In only rare cases had parents adopted tracking apps and sensor-enabled devices. Parents experienced digital sensors as misleading and an interruption to the desired parent-child relationship. Parents instead leaned on their own observations and other sensory cues about their child’s health and wellbeing. These findings emphasize how sensed and sensored ways of knowing can be out of sync rather than mutually instructive where the technology is used to track another body. It also highlights the relevance of sensing in parent-child interaction orders.

摘要

在过去的十年中，针对父母和孩子的可用跟踪技术范围已经大大增加，提供了诸如位置和活动跟踪之类的功能。在关于人类感官的新兴对话中，本文调查了澳大利亚2至8岁儿童父母的追踪行为。在极少数情况下，父母会采用跟踪应用程序和支持传感器的设备。父母将数字传感器误导并破坏了所需的亲子关系。父母取而代之的是依靠自己对孩子健康和福祉的观察和其他感觉暗示。这些发现强调了在使用该技术跟踪另一个人体的过程中，感知和感知的认知方式可能会不同步，而不是相互指导。