DONNA HARAWAY or A CYBORG MANIFESTO

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We will learn, debate, enjoy and investigate philosophers and diverse themes from the philosophical perspective. Each reunion is structured as a conversation among all attendees about that day s philosopher softly moderated by the organizer. The conversation will kick-off from the very brief suggested reading providing easy access to all attendees both to the philosopher and the conversation.

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DONNA HARAWAY (1944), one of the most influential contemporary thinkers in philosophy of science, feminist theory and posthumanism combining philosophy, biology, political theory, cultural studies and feminist critique to question many of the foundational assumptions of modern Western thought. Her thinking mainly revolves around three central themes: the critique of objectivity, the concept of the cyborg, and the rethinking of the boundaries between humans, animals, nature, and technology.

In her essay Situated Knowledges (1988), Haraway challenges the classical scientific ideal according to which knowledge can be produced from a completely neutral and universal point of view. Modern science often presents itself as if it were observing reality “from nowhere,” detached from history, politics, culture, or social position. Haraway argues that this form of objectivity is misleading because every act of knowledge is produced from a specific perspective. Scientists are Humans and therefore always situated within institutions, languages, economic systems, and political structures that shape the questions they ask and the interpretations they produce.

Haraway´s "A Cyborg Manifesto" (1985) became one of the foundational texts of posthumanist thought. In this work, Haraway introduces the figure of the “cyborg,” a hybrid being that is simultaneously human and machine: a philosophical and political metaphore that challenges traditional dualisms such as human versus machine, nature versus culture, male versus female, and mind versus body...

And then again, among the many fundamental questions the "Philosophers of Deconstruction" confront us with, from the founding fathers Hume and Nietzsche to their spiritual grand-children Foucault, Butler and of course Haraway & Co, one seems essential and very concrete: yes, our cathegories are flawed, insufficient and biased... but beyond them there is something outhere manifesting itself relentlessly, permanently and undeniably in specific ways... isn´t there ?

The (R)evolution of (Deconstructing) traditional cathegories found in Haraway one of her brightest and fiercest voices.

Let´s think with Donna...