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Donna Haraway

By nataliesykes

  • Haraway's Background

    Haraway's Background
    Donna Haraway was born on 9-6-1944 in Denver, CO. She got her degree in philosophy and zoology at the Colorado Collage. She has written many books such as Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science, A Cyborg Manifesto, and When Species Meet. Haraway has been awarded the J.D. Bernal Award and taught at many Universies. She is currently a Distinguished Professor the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has used feminism to contribute to the philosophy of science.

  • A Cyborg Manifesto

    A Cyborg Manifesto
    In 1985, Donna Haraway publishes an essay, "A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century". This essay has a feminist narrative and examines the male bias in scientific culture. She uses a cyborg as a metaphor to get her points across. This cyborg metaphor encourages feminists to challenge and engage in politics. She uses a cyborg as a way to explain that the "female" ideas are created by society. She also examines Feminist Epistemology.

  • Situated Knowledges

    Situated Knowledges
    In 1988, Donna Haraway publishes her essay "Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective". This essay helps shape the traditional feminist critique. It is a commentary on Sandra Harding's "The Science Question in Feminism". She uses the history of different feminist stand point theories to explain how we can reconcile what has been done by radical constructivists. She brings a feminist perspective in to critique practices in the science world.

  • Primate Visions

    Primate Visions
    In 1989, Donna Haraway published her book, Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science. This book explores the science of primatology as well as ideologies of gender, race, and class. Haraway focus a lot on Feminism in science in this book and the ideologies offered by feminists. She examines how female primatologists show different perspectives in the origin of nature by focusing on observations that require more communication and basic survival activities.

  • From Cyborgs to Companion Species

    From Cyborgs to Companion Species
    Attached is a lecture by Donna Haraway at UC Berkley. Here she talks about the relationships between humans and dogs. Haraway explains why she considers dog writing a branch of feminist theory.
    https://youtu.be/Q9gis7-Jads