Arctic childhood in data-driven culture: wearable technology and children’s right to privacy in Finland
The article discusses the definition of ‘arctic childhood’: how it affects the ideal of childhood in the Arctic countries while differentiating it from understandings of childhood in more temperate climates. ‘Arctic childhood’ offers novel viewpoints to the concept of childhood. It grants agency to...
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ftaaltouniv:oai:aaltodoc.aalto.fi:123456789/124866 2024-05-19T07:33:29+00:00 Arctic childhood in data-driven culture: wearable technology and children’s right to privacy in Finland Vänskä, Annamari Mickelsson, Sini Morozova, Daria Härkönen, Heidi Gurova, Olga Pirjatanniemi, Elina Department of Design University of Turku Glasgow Caledonian University Åbo Akademi University Laurea University of Applied Sciences Aalto-yliopisto Aalto University 2023-12 23 261-283 https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/124866 https://doi.org/10.1386/csfb_00067_1 en eng Intellect Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty Volume 14, issue 2 Vänskä, A, Mickelsson, S, Morozova, D, Härkönen, H, Gurova, O & Pirjatanniemi, E 2023, ' Arctic childhood in data-driven culture: wearable technology and children’s right to privacy in Finland ', Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 261-283 . https://doi.org/10.1386/csfb_00067_1 2040-4417 2040-4425 PURE UUID: a2f366d6-421b-4dcd-ba2d-17dccdfc8dab PURE ITEMURL: https://research.aalto.fi/en/publications/a2f366d6-421b-4dcd-ba2d-17dccdfc8dab PURE LINK: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85177477611&partnerID=8YFLogxK PURE LINK: https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe20231019140644 https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/124866 URN:NBN:fi:aalto-202312117234 doi:10.1386/csfb_00067_1 embargoedAccess A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä 2023 ftaaltouniv https://doi.org/10.1386/csfb_00067_1 2024-05-01T00:02:49Z The article discusses the definition of ‘arctic childhood’: how it affects the ideal of childhood in the Arctic countries while differentiating it from understandings of childhood in more temperate climates. ‘Arctic childhood’ offers novel viewpoints to the concept of childhood. It grants agency to the non-human world: environment, weather and design solutions such as clothes and wearable technology. It also highlights how these shape the concept of childhood in the Arctic and beyond. The article focuses on wearable technology, which brings new legal issues to considerations of childhood in data-driven culture. The central argument is two-fold. As design solutions, wearable technology may preserve the ideal of the active child, essential to Arctic and Finnish childhoods. Legally, however, there are some issues: since wearable technology is designed to bring forth and share with others the vital functions of the child’s body, it raises concerns about children’s fundamental right to privacy and data protection. By bringing together fashion studies and the doctrinal study of law, and by using wearable technology as an example, the article argues that multidisciplinary approaches are needed when new technologies designed to track and monitor individuals are offered to minors in the name of staying healthy. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Aalto University Publication Archive (Aaltodoc) Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty 14 2 261 283 |
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The article discusses the definition of ‘arctic childhood’: how it affects the ideal of childhood in the Arctic countries while differentiating it from understandings of childhood in more temperate climates. ‘Arctic childhood’ offers novel viewpoints to the concept of childhood. It grants agency to the non-human world: environment, weather and design solutions such as clothes and wearable technology. It also highlights how these shape the concept of childhood in the Arctic and beyond. The article focuses on wearable technology, which brings new legal issues to considerations of childhood in data-driven culture. The central argument is two-fold. As design solutions, wearable technology may preserve the ideal of the active child, essential to Arctic and Finnish childhoods. Legally, however, there are some issues: since wearable technology is designed to bring forth and share with others the vital functions of the child’s body, it raises concerns about children’s fundamental right to privacy and data protection. By bringing together fashion studies and the doctrinal study of law, and by using wearable technology as an example, the article argues that multidisciplinary approaches are needed when new technologies designed to track and monitor individuals are offered to minors in the name of staying healthy. Peer reviewed |
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