Self-study
P1
Donna Haraway's Primate Visions is the most ambitious book on the history of science yet written from a feminist perspective, embracing not only the scientific construction of gender but also the interplay of race, class, and colonial and postcolonial culture with the "Western" construction of the very concept of nature itself. ███████████ ██ █ ████████████ ███ ███████ ███ ████ ██████ ███████ ████████ ████ ██ ████ ████ █████████ ████ ████ ███████ █████ ████████ ███ ███████████ █████████ ███ ███████████ ███████████ ██ █████ ███████ █████ ██████ ███ ████████
Intro topic ·
Haraway's book, Primate Visions
Book on history of science written from a feminist perspective. Deals with gender, race, class, colonial stuff, and "Western" concept of nature. Book involves primatology, which the author thinks is a good subject for studying beliefs about nature and culture.
P2
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Important feature of book ·
Challenges traditional separation between people and nature/history
Haraway's approach recognizes that nature participates in humans' creation of knowledge about nature. In other words, nature isn't just something subject to human control.
Additional important feature ·
There are only multiple, interlinked, partial realities
There isn't just one coherent reality or truth.
P3
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Haraway's style ·
Fragmented approach to historiography that reflects the idea of multiple perspectives
This approach is different from traditional history books, which focus on narrative or on narrative with an emphasis on causation.
P4
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Haraway's content ·
Mixes in broad cultural issues
She discusses science fiction, movies, TV, and comments on stuff like nuclear war. This approach ignores the distinction between things that are part of science and things that aren't.
Passage Style
Single position
Spotlight
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Question Type
Implied
The traditional scientific approach is discussed in P2. That approach contains a separation between the active knower and the passive object. It views nature as something distinct from humans and subject to humans’ control.
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Not supported, because the author never tells us about a comparison between a desire to tame and a desire to preserve.
b
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Not supported, because the traditional scientific approach, according to Haraway,
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Not supported, because the author never suggests that traditional science views primates as more active participants in creating knowledge than other forms of life. The author never compares traditional science’s view of primates vs. other forms of life concerning capacity to actively create knowledge.
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Not supported, because the author never suggests scientists have tried to conceal anyone’s role in creating scientific knowledge. The passage mentions government officials and laborers, but it doesn’t suggest their roles have been concealed.
e
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