Modify, Describe, Post: How End Users' Digital Narratives Present Avenues for Resisting, Reclaiming, and Critiquing Carceral Technology Design and Use.

Electronic ankle monitors are wearable government surveillance technology devices used in domains such as criminal justice, immigration, public health, and more. People who are required to wear electronic ankle monitors express that they experience shame and stigmatization because of being required to wear this technology due to its strong association with the criminal justice system. This article presents exploratory research of instances where wearers present their ankle monitors online and shares a typology describing a range of observable resistance stories or narrative events in these posts. I describe emergent cultures and practices of aesthetic resistance and reclamation practices carried out by the wearer community. This research highlights the acute need to center the voices, acts, and experiences of people and communities rendered vulnerable by technology design and deployment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]