Donna Haraway
contemporaryFeminist Philosophy, Science and Technology Studies, Posthumanismb. 1944
Donna Haraway (b. 1944) is an American feminist philosopher and scholar of science and technology studies, best known for her influential 'A Cyborg Manifesto' (1985). A professor emerita in the History of Consciousness Department at UC Santa Cruz, she challenges traditional boundaries between human, animal, and machine while arguing that all knowledge is situated, partial, and politically embedded. Her work has shaped posthumanist theory, feminist epistemology, and critical animal studies.
Notable Achievements
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Authored 'A Cyborg Manifesto' (1985), a foundational text in feminist and posthumanist theory
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Developed the concept of 'situated knowledges,' arguing that all knowledge is partial and perspective-dependent rather than objective
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Pioneered feminist critique of primatology and life sciences in 'Primate Visions' (1989)
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Introduced the 'Companion Species Manifesto' (2003), extending relational ontology to human-animal co-constitution
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Proposed the concept of the 'Chthulucene' in 'Staying with the Trouble' (2016) as an alternative to Anthropocene framing