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.
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.
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
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Question Type
Implied
The author tells us that Haraway’s approach to historiography “is familiar enough in historiographical theorizing but has rarely been put into practice by historians of science.”
a
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The author never suggests Haraway’s historiographical method is particularly effective in any context. We get no discussion about whether her approach is more effective in connection with social issues compared to other issues.
b
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Although we’re told the approach is “familiar in historiographical theorizing,” we don’t know that it’s commonly applied in many disciplines. There’s a difference between being familiar with the approach and actually using the approach.
c
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The author never compares the effectiveness of Haraway’s approach to traditional approaches.
d
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Not supported, because although we know it has rarely been put into practice by “historians of science,” this doesn’t imply that it’s rarely been used by historians that emphasize causal arguments. Maybe there are many historians — not of science, but of other fields — that use causal arguments and apply Haraway’s approach.
e
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Supported, because we’re told Haraway’s approach “has rarely been put into practice by historians of science.”
Difficulty
92% of people who answer get this correct
This is a moderately difficult question.
It is somewhat easier than other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%133
143
75%152
Analysis
Implied
Science
Single position
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Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
2%
155
b
2%
156
c
0%
145
d
5%
160
e
92%
166
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