Donna Haraway

subjectivity. Pierre Bourdieu, also an icon in contemporary social theory, theorized about the interrelationship between structure and agency. Finally, Donna Haraway’s work in postmodern social theory, or more specifically her essay, A Cyborg Manifesto, will be analyzed in the following essay. To conclude, the works of Foucault, Bourdieu, and Haraway, are crucial to understanding and contextualizing how agency has decreased as a result of the increased consumption of post-modern technological gadgets

It's difficult to imagine technology as an extension of our bodies, of ourselves. We use technology, we exercise all of a piece of a technology's resources, and then we dispose of it and replace it with a new, and frequently more advanced, technology. But if examined closely, it is evident that technology is not just a means of achieving desired results, but has become an integral and essential part of our lives. Shirts, heating, forks, laundry machines, all of these are technologies that we use

The DSM-5 defines a mental disorder to be “a syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance” in an individual’s cognition, behavior, and emotionality (American Psychiatric Association, 20). This form of diagnosis, as stated by Cuthbert and Insel, makes the clear statement that clinical diagnostics rely upon presenting symptoms and do not acknowledge fully the roles of biological and behavioral systems in mental disorders. This diagnostic dependency on presenting symptoms leads definitions

Technologies of Seduction “There can be no question of escaping the twisted logic of theoretical writing; there are only different ways of coming to terms with it.” (Shaviro 11) Blind Beast (Masumura Yasuzo 1969), Ghost in the Shell (Ohii Mamoru 1995), and Spirited Away (Miyazaki Hayao 2001) sustain the relation between the ‘body’ and ‘technology’: its terrific horror is its seduction. Captured bodies cut, cybernetic bodies hacked, and fattened bodies served. These three films all capture

I was worried about being drawn to other topics besides marine science. It's what I've always thought I wanted to do, but after my first year at Evergreen, I've allowed myself to explore a lot more. I decided it's okay to learn and experience different things along the way, as long as I feel they're beneficial, and will improve my understanding of the world. I haven't veered too far from my original interest and want my focus to be in environmental studies. Philosophy, art, music, and marine biology

In the article, “A Zombie Manifesto: The Nonhuman Condition in the Era of Advanced Capitalism” by Sarah Juliet Lauro and Karen Embry, the authors’ evaluate the idea of the zombie and its connection to capitalism and post-humanism. According to the authors, the zombie represents much more than just a fear, it represents a loss of oneself to many different things, primarily to a capitalist society. The authors have come to the conclusion that humans have a fear of what they cannot control, and that

has left in its wake. This new “human dominated” era has been suggested to be called the Anthropocene which is what it is most commonly recognized as. Others have argued that it should be called the Capitalocene or still others such as writer Donna Haraway think that it should be called the Chthulucene. Whatever we call it, it is clear that it has become a part of our lives in every way, including art and visual culture. Many artists hope to address the changes humans are making and spread the word

… the subject is something which is finally identified to the body as such. So the subjective creation as a sort of paradigm is only experimentation of the limits of the body. The subject is something like an experience of its proper limits, an experience of finitude, an experience of the limits of the concrete unity of the body. But finally, what is a limit of the body, a limit of the living body? The plenary discussions on corporeality always reconstruct the perception of the body and aim

de Beauvoir's concept that "One is not born, but rather becomes a woman." Judith Sargent Murray argues that when born we are "tabula rasa"; a blank slate, therefore concurs with the idea that one is not born a woman; our gender is constructed. Donna Haraway adopts Murray's concept later, suggesting we rid of our cultural baggage and accept our identity's as hybrid. In her feminist discourse Butler maintains this idea that a sense of `womanness' is not prescribed at birth, but is in fact constructed

Postmodern American artist’s Cindy Sherman and Kara Walker critique and question grand narratives of gender, race and class through their work and art practice. Cindy Sherman, born 1954, is well renowned for her conceptual portraits of female characters and personas that question the representation of women, gender identity and the true (or untrue) nature of photography (Hattenstone 2011). Kara Walker, born 1969, is known for her black silhouettes that dance across gallery walls and most recently