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The first point you are making in your post is interesting and I definitely agree with the fact that Haraway would support unconventional music scores like Schafer's, which definitely breaks the boundaries of standard notion. As you also mentioned, I do not think Haraway would be against of the modern version of notation. As professor Tian mentioned, the earlier forms of music notion does not contain enough information for the interpreters that it could be sang in so many different ways and I do not think that is what Haraway is suggesting.

I appreciate your second point where you are addressing gender that I did not really think of during the presentation where the focus was on the information and decoding. Your point reminds me of one of my male friends who had a really high pitch "girly" voice biologically, but tried to speak with lower pitch "manly" voice. Therefore, I would say that a person's voice is first determined by biology, but if the voice does not "fit in," the person will try to re-shape one's voice to socially "fit in."

Again, I really appreciate the connections you found between professor Tian's lecture and this class. Your post made me think more deeply about the lecture, looking at various aspects of music.