Text Donna Haraway found a substitute to the metaphor of reflection in the phenomenon of diffraction Diffraction is a physical phenomenon exhibited by waves as they pass through an aperture or around objects A classical example of diffraction would be the

Donna Haraway found a substitute to the metaphor of reflection in the phenomenon of diffraction. Diffraction is a physical phenomenon exhibited by waves, as they pass through an aperture or around objects. A classical example of diffraction would be the water ripples that occur when throwing a pebble in a pond. For Haraway “[…] diffraction patterns record the history of interaction, interference, reinforcement, difference. Diffraction is about heterogeneous history, not about originals. Unlike reflections, diffractions do not displace the same elsewhere, in more or less distorted form, […] rather, diffraction can be a metaphor for another kind of critical consciousness.”