Much like archives, the concept of security is thought to be overly applied. However, leaving the concept as something too broad to specify leaves researchers and policymakers unaccountable for decisions made on security. Additionally, on privacy, Solove has offered metaphors to better capture the relationship between individuals, society, and governance by challenging the view of “big brother” as an appropriate metaphor for today. Instead, Solove suggests that Kafka’s The Trial might better stand. The expected reading encourages me to think of other metaphors that might better capture the concept of privacy and the methods I might use.
Zeitlin’s review is valuable for my research of obstetric violence. While the term “obstetric violence” is relatively new (it was coined during the protest against “Violencia obstetrica” in Latin America over the last several years), the issue of mistreatment of women during childbirth and gynecologic care had been ubiquitous since the conception of the discipline of gynecology. Still, since mistreatment of women during childbirth has been normalized in many parts of the world, it is difficult to find evidence documenting the phenomenon. I will be looking for evidence of obstetric violence by indirect means, using medical infrastructure (such as design of delivery rooms) and personal interviews..