For the cohort group reading I am interested in Lynn Margulis and Dorian Sagan’s article “Introduction from Slanted Truths”. I resonate with the concept of “Gaia theory”. For my point of view, it is a materialistic explanation of our planet’s mechanism. Every planets are generated after the big explosion of universe. The area where has the high energy aggregated dust and different materials together in the universe, then the earliest planets were formed. Based on Gaia theory, our earth is just the sum of energy and it is “a single, self-regulating entity”. Each creature grows up by absorbing the sun’s energy and the energy transfers between different spacies. Besides, from the article, Gaia is Symbiosis. From my understanding, all creatures in our earth have either close or far connection. This idea is related to Buddhist book I have read. For example, every time when we take breath, we gain the energy from the space. After we die, our body will transfer to energy that other creatures will absorb, or the energy will be part of new life. In this case, we become different life form. If we trace back to the root of life, all we might be from the same ancestor. Therefore, we can even say that you are me and I am you.
For Donna Haraway’s “The Companion Species Manifesto Dogs, People, and Significant Otherness”. I am confused about the differentiation and similarity between cyborgs and dog. Also I quite don’t understand why she said “I consider dog writing to be a branch of feminist theory”. For my understanding of the article, Donna Haraway treated dog as a trustworthy companion. The kinship between human and dog is strong and has long history.
Perhaps thinking about Feminist Theory as a position outside of the dominant-culture hierarchy and ideology might lead you to find a way into what Haraway means by “I consider dog writing to be a branch of feminist theory”. The cyborgs and dog thinking centers around expanding the definition of kinship and authorship to the non-human – on the one hand, into post-human man-made and the other towards non-human animal.
“This idea is related to Buddhist book I have read. For example, every time when we take breath, we gain the energy from the space. After we die, our body will transfer to energy that other creatures will absorb, or the energy will be part of new life. In this case, we become different life form. ”
One could apply the Gaia theory one step further and say that every time we take a breath we take particles, cells, microscopic organisms into our bodies (from plants, objects, vapor, other humans, non-human animals, etc.) and therefore become a little bit of them.