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Birth
On this day, Donna Haraway was born in Denver, CO. As she grew up in Colorado, her parents had her going to school at St. Mary's Academy where she was taught raised to be as a Catholic. Her father, Frank, was a sportswriter for The Denver Post and sadly her mother, Dorothy, died from a heart attack when Donna was 16 years old. -
First of many
After receiving her PH.D. in biology at Yale University Donna wrote a dissertation about the use of a metaphor in shaping experiments. She titles it, "The Search of Organizing Relations: An Organismic Paradigm". As years go on the dissertation was published and retitle, "Crystals, Fabrics, and Fields: Metaphors of Organicism in Twentieth-Century Developmental Biology".
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Cyborg Manifesto
The cover imaged in this time spot is a feminist essay Donna wrote and published in the Socialist Review. The essay attempts to build an ironic political myth that was faithful to feminism, socialism and materialism. The essay also challenges the idea of fixed gender identity. The cyborg you see on the cover is a hybrid & plays as a metaphor for a new kind of identity that is not limited by boundaries. See text box for PDF of the book. -
Ludwik Fleck Prize
First, this award is given for a book in the field of science and technology studies. Donna received this award in 1999 for the Society if Social Studies of Sciences. This added to recognition for her book, "Modest Witness" that circles around STS. Above you will see a picture of Ludwik Fleck himself and one of his many quotes. -
The Haraway Reader
Published in 2003, this book brings together an introduction to all of Donna Haraway's thoughts. As you have learned her work within the timeline, you can gather that Donna was considered one of the keenest observers of the social world, nature and science. This book sums up all her work to include her previous writings from the 1980-1990's, "A Manifesto for Cyborgs" & "Cyborgs to Companion Species: Reconfiguring Kinship in Technoscience". -
From cyborgs to companion species
UC Berkeley Events (2011, October 25). Donne Haraway: "From Cyborgs to Companion Species". YouTube. Cyborgs to companions