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Making Kin: An Interview with Donna Haraway | Los Angeles Review of Books

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THE ECOFEMINIST SCHOLAR Donna Haraway has a remarkable talent for diving into new debates in the intellectual zeitgeist. She’s been doing it for decades. Her landmark 1985 “A Cyborg Manifesto” drew on feminist theory to critique prevailing ideas about science and gender, and helped launch the field of science and technology studies. Her 2003 The Companion Species Manifesto examined our deep connections to dogs and other nonhuman “critters” (a favorite Haraway word), and she became a notable figure in the emerging discipline of animal studies. Her training as both a scientist and cultural scholar has also extended her influence beyond academia, inspiring a generation of conceptual artists grappling with the ever-growing impact of technology. More recently, Haraway has waded into the lively debates surrounding the Anthropocene, which she considers “both too big and too small” a concept to explain the perilous state of our planet. She has coined not one, but two words to describe this his

Making Kin: An Interview with Donna Haraway Steve Paulson interviews author, scholar, and philosopher Donna Haraway. By Steve Paulson December 6, 2019 Cultural Studies Science & Technology Environment Did you know LARB is a reader-supported nonprofit? LARB publishes daily without a paywall as part of our mission to make rigorous, incisive, and engaging writing on every aspect of literature, culture, and the arts freely accessible to the public. Help us continue this work with your tax-deductible donation today! Donate THE ECOFEMINIST SCHOLAR Donna Haraway has a remarkable talent for diving int

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