The types of analysis this text suggests for my work is to consider the political agenda that my project may be involved. Also, I also think that Weheliye’s considerations of the human are applicable to my topic of interest: privacy. Privacy as a human right brings to question who are marginalized by what technology and what alternative futures exist.
The types of analysis that the text suggest for my own work is to critically engage with digital technology skills.
A question that this text suggests for my own work is how do archives advance ethnography as a method? In what ways do combining archives with ethnography and the practice of each strengthen or complicate the situatedness of myself as a researcher and the ethics involved?
The types of analysis that the texts suggest for my work is that I am obligated to not only build a transparent research design but to be meticulous with the documenting the research process. This responsibility doesn’t leave at the end of the study but I should be sensitive to future implications.
This text suggests for my own work to identify and engage in the communities concerned with privacy rights. Prior to this text, my work was mainly focused on the actions and voices of mainstream government institutions and private advertising organizations.
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..
My work concerns womens’ experiences of mistreatment during childbirth. I consider opening a platform for women and healthcare providers to share their stories. The goal of this project would be to raise public awareness about obstetric violence, but also to open conversation that would motivate changes in practice of obstetrics and gynecology within the western biomedical model.
At the same time I am aware that such conversation may cause negative emotional responses, such as anxiety and fear. I will be looking into research of “affect in archiving” to address this problem.