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Donna Haraway
Donna Haraway is a well known professor at the University of California teaching in both the History of Consciousness and the Feminism Studies department. Haraway was born in Denver Colorado on September 6th, 1944. -
“A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the 1980s”
This is the most famous essay published by Haraway that showed readers a way to look at the world without labeling or grouping people based off of societal status, race, gender, etc. -
Cyborg Manifesto Continued
After this publication feminism sky rocketed due to this new found view on what the world could look like if people could be themselves without being placed into specific groupings because of gender, race, etc. Haraway is most known for her strong feminist stance which really kicked off in the 90's. -
Ludwick Felt Prize
Awarded for another one of her works called "Modest₋Witness@Second₋Millennium.Femaleman₋Meets₋Oncomouse: Feminism and Technoscience" -
"Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene"
Another famous piece of work by Haraway where she shares her standpoint on co existing.To, "stay with the trouble" means "we require each other in unexpected collaborations and combinations,…we become-with each other or not at all" (Haraway 2016). Speaking of humans but also non humans as well. -
The Impact
Donna Haraway can be described as daring, proactive, fearless, and so much more. Her works are unique especially for their time and she fearlessly spoke out about sexuality, race, coexisting, and so much more with no apologies. Making her stance in the history of Philosophy one of a kind. -
Major Works
Donna J. Haraway, “A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century,” in Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature (New York: Routledge, 1991), 149-181.
Haraway, Donna Jeanne. Modest Witness Second Millennium.FemaleMan Meets OncoMouse: Feminism and Technoscience. Routledge, 1997. -