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Beginnings
Donna was born in September 1944 in Denver, CO. She is a feminist scholar, cultural theorist, and philosopher.
-- She majored in zoology and minored in philosophy and English at Colorado College
-- Studied evolutionary philosophy and theology at the Fondation Teilhard de Chardin in Paris
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Philosophical Contributions to Present
Donna has had a significant impact on feminist epistemology, posthumanism, and science studies. Most notable contributions in her work:
1. Cyborg -- New feminist relationship with technology
2. Situated Knowledge -- Knowledge, including scientific, is influenced by historical and social conditions. Objectivity is a myth.
3. Science is a narrative, a form of "storytelling."
4. Speculative fiction -- facts are not fixed or static. -
Educational Associations (1980 to Present)
Donna Haraway is a distinguished Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness Department and in the Feminist Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz since 1980 -
A Cyborg Manifesto
The essay is a critique of the failures of traditional feminism. The Cyborg is an analogy for our social reality and our connections. She rejects the social construct of identity politics, traditional ideas, and the limitations placed upon gender in society. We can construct our own identities. Haraway, D. (2013). A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the 1980s. In Coming to Terms : Feminism, Theory, Politics (pp. 173–204). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203093917 -
Primate visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science
The history and sexual nature of primatology. A model of familial organization in primates. Challenges the patriarchal view and objectivity in scientific research.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225602208_Primate_visions_Gender_race_and_nature_in_the_world_of_modern_science -
Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature
The link between simians, cyborgs, and women exploring social and historical accounts of nature while eliminating gender boundaries. A blend of science fiction and social reality. Hartsock, N. (1992). Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature. By Donna J. Haraway. New York: Routledge, 1991. 287p. $55.00 cloth, $16.95 paper. The American Political Science Review, 86(2), 511–512. https://doi.org/10.2307/1964248 -
Recognition
awarded the J.D. Bernal Prize, the highest honor given by the Society for Social Studies of Science, for lifetime contributions to the field for "A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century" -
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References
- “Donna Haraway.” Wikipedia, 28 May 2023, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Haraway.
- Mambrol, Nasrullah. “Key Theories of Donna Haraway.” Literary Theory and Criticism, 15 Dec. 2018, literariness.org/2018/02/22/key-theories-of-donna haraway/. -Admin. (2023, March 5). Donna Haraway. The European Graduate School. https://egs.edu/biography/donna-haraway/
