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Donna Haraway was Born
Donna Haraway was born in Denver, CO to Dorthy Haraway and Frank Haraway -
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Teaching
Donna taught history of science and women’s studies at the University of Hawaii in 1971-1974 and then she moved on to teach at Johns Hopkins University in 1974–1980. Donna joined the History of Consciousness program at Santa Cruz in 1980. -
PHD
Donna studied in Paris under a Fulbright scholarship, and went on to receive her PHD from Yale University in Biology. -
Cyborgs
Donna critiques identity politics in Feminism through an articulation of the notion of "cyborg consciousness". She suggests that we are all cyborgs-the fusion of the technological with the biological. She states that, “Our lives are structured, ordered, managed, and intersected with technobiological innovations and processes.” -
Primates
Donna publishes a book called Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science. They sole focus of this book is non-biased history on primate research and primatology. -
Simians, Cyborgs, and Women
In a critical essay, Donna struggles that it will be a long-standing intellectual tradition to see society as an organic system not unlike that of a human body. Donna says that science is all too happy to investigate woman and offer explanations of female roles in society. -
Award
Haraway received the J.D. Bernal Award from the Society for Social Studies of Science. -
Lecture on Cyborgs and Companion Species
This is a lecture from Donna on her view of cyborgs and companion species. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9gis7-Jads -
Today
She is still alive today at the age of 76 years old. Donna still receives praise for her lessons and teachings. -