Karen Barad
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Karen Barad is a feminist theorist and physicist best known for developing the concept of "agential realism," which bridges quantum physics, philosophy, and gender studies.
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| Karen Barad canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Karen Barad Context triple: [Farrar, Straus and Giroux, hasPublished, Karen Barad]
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Karen Baird
Karen Baird is a British football executive best known for serving as the chair of Salford City Football Club, helping oversee the club’s development and rise through the English football league system.
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B.
Michelle Mylett
Michelle Mylett is a Canadian actress best known for playing Katy on the comedy series "Letterkenny."
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C.
Ellen Benrath
Ellen Benrath is known primarily as the wife of German actor Martin Benrath.
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Barbara Gest
Barbara Gest is a relative of the late American producer and television personality David Gest.
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E.
Karen Gunderson
Karen Gunderson is an American singer best known as a member of the folk music group The New Christy Minstrels.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karen Barad Target entity description: Karen Barad is a feminist theorist and physicist best known for developing the concept of "agential realism," which bridges quantum physics, philosophy, and gender studies.
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A.
Karen Baird
Karen Baird is a British football executive best known for serving as the chair of Salford City Football Club, helping oversee the club’s development and rise through the English football league system.
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B.
Michelle Mylett
Michelle Mylett is a Canadian actress best known for playing Katy on the comedy series "Letterkenny."
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C.
Ellen Benrath
Ellen Benrath is known primarily as the wife of German actor Martin Benrath.
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D.
Barbara Gest
Barbara Gest is a relative of the late American producer and television personality David Gest.
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E.
Karen Gunderson
Karen Gunderson is an American singer best known as a member of the folk music group The New Christy Minstrels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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feminist theorist ⓘ person ⓘ philosopher of science ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| author | Karen Barad ⓘ |
| conceptDeveloped |
agential realism
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intra-action ⓘ posthumanist performativity ⓘ |
| degree | PhD in theoretical particle physics ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Abraham Klein ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Brandeis University ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Santa Cruz ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cultural studies of science
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feminist theory ⓘ philosophy of physics ⓘ quantum physics ⓘ queer theory ⓘ science and technology studies ⓘ |
| influenced |
feminist science studies
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new materialism ⓘ posthumanist theory ⓘ queer theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Baruch Spinoza
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Donna Haraway ⓘ Gilles Deleuze ⓘ Judith Butler ⓘ Karen Horney ⓘ Michel Foucault ⓘ Niels Bohr ⓘ |
| knownFor |
agential realism
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posthumanist performativity ⓘ work on quantum entanglement in social theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ feminist epistemology ⓘ ontology ⓘ quantum theory ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork | Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor
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Professor of Feminist Studies ⓘ Professor of History of Consciousness ⓘ Professor of Philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
new materialism
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posthumanism ⓘ |
| workLocation | Santa Cruz, California ⓘ |
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Subject: Karen Barad Description of subject: Karen Barad is a feminist theorist and physicist best known for developing the concept of "agential realism," which bridges quantum physics, philosophy, and gender studies.
Referenced by (2)
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Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning
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author
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Karen Barad
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Karen Barad