#4

details for meeting #5 are at the bottom of this posting...

Random Notes from Subtext #3:
This was a curiously strong book for a mere 100 pages.
Below are some fragments of musings during our discussion.
replace doG with God and see what sticks. just for fun.

11-5-09
Reading the Companion Species Manifesto
by Donna Harraway

standard manifesto
language
p. 50 as a turning point
getting all onto the same page with definitions
p.96 asking for other languages
nature culture
where does it unravel to
species
successful achievement- Jeffersonian, Socratic
should be fostered in both species
whose idea, what is the merge, that’s the connection
Puerto Rican dogs – international import of animals
cats- catching mice & birds
purpose of owner- power issues p.27-28
all chaos- evolution, Darwin’s, other
give and take-co-evolution
lost track of the evolution then rediscovering balance
p.50 crux
breeding
training as put down?
Mutuality
Challenge of the dependency of dogs
Independencey of dogs
Crossover in relationship, dog is the signifier
Outer defining the inner
But she does it through dogs
No anthropomorphism of the dog. Beginning defines the boundaries
Why not other domesticated animals
Historical context
Dogs’ ability to connect
Dog eating (?)
Relationship
(Olivia Butler sci fi)
food/ intestinal flora as companion species
she draws the line at subjective- personal
feminist research is phenomenological vs. Socratic
Psychosocial
the ideology of feminism and philosophy as stigma
vs. Socratic as dogma
Is that a matter of canonization over time?
The honor vs. the smackdown
Is this why Harraway writes this manifesto so obtusely? Utilizing the tools?
Did she step it up a notch? (meta)
As cohabitants of the earth we all need to be sensitive
Humane relationship
Dog biting
Cat biting
Owner changes dog, dog changes owner
Trust issue p.61
Assume responsibility for animal
Agility & breed as illustrations
Reciprocity/ownership/reciprocity p.54 reciprocity of otherness
Not obligated to some animals’ emotional suffering
Does training the wild create civilization?

The Veil of Isis, or etc...
Margaret Wheatley or
Negative theology or

all these links were googled. you can too.

Meeting #5 is 12/17/09 7 pm-9 pm
at 532 Kinsley Ave #200 call if you have difficulty locating it. 365-7044