Tag: Donna Haraway

Dissertation Breakdown Part 2

Dissertation Breakdown Part 2

Berger adds several concepts to the discussion, including how filters used by individual users of a community can impact the methods of communication used by their community. His work also helped begin the debate on approaching this research for a multi-disciplinary framework, as Berger’s work used elements from history, sociology, anthropology & mathematics to examine …

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Cyborg vs. Cybergoddess: A Review of “A Cyborg Manifesto”

Cyborg vs. Cybergoddess: A Review of “A Cyborg Manifesto”

One of the significant works in cyberstudies is Donna Haraway’s “A Cyborg Manifesto.” She argues that she would rather be a cyborg as it is a “social reality… our most important political construction, a world-changing fiction.” This centerpiece of organic substance and mechanical precision forms the basis of Haraway’s religion. The boundary breakdowns listed by …

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