Mary Catherine Bateson

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Mary Catherine Bateson (2004)

Mary Catherine Bateson (born December 8, 1939 in New York City , † January 2, 2021 in Cambridge , Massachusetts ) was an American cultural anthropologist .

Life

Mary Catherine Bateson was born on December 8, 1939 in New York to Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson .

Because of the separation of her parents in 1947 and their frequent absence, she grew up in different households with different families. The changeful experiences in her youth aroused her interest in anthropology and the preoccupation with the development of new educational methods.

Bateson married Barkev Kassarjian in 1960 and their daughter Sevanne Kassarjian was born in 1969 .

Act

Bateson's work covered a wide range of topics, including topics such as intercultural relationships, social and individual learning, women's life patterns, aging, family dynamics, AIDS, and the nature of knowledge. Systemic thinking , in particular a highly developed form of cybernetics , played a special role in her work . In her work a humanitarian way of thinking was also expressed, which combines a pronounced respect for the individual with an awareness of greater forces. She wrote of her life numerous articles and books over and held guest lectures at the Harvard University , the Northeastern University , the Amherst College and Spelman College .

In 2004, Bateson ended her teaching position as a professor of English and anthropology and was a visiting scholar at the Sloan Center on Aging & Work in Boston from 2006 . Among other things, she was a member of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado .

In 2010 her book Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom was published. It deals with "contributions from adults to encourage older people to sharpen their senses". This book also explores intergenerational communication and the changes in the experience of time.

Bateson was president of the Institute for Intercultural Studies in New York for 30 years. She campaigned for the preservation of the works of her parents and their numerous colleagues. In 2011 Mary Catherine Bateson started a series of lectures at Boston College under the title Live across differences .

Work experience

Bateson worked at:

Fonts

  • Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active. Wisdom. Alfred A. Knopf, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-307-26643-9 .
  • Willing to Learn: Passages of Personal Discovery. Steerforth 2004, ISBN 1-58642-080-1 .
  • With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson. HarperCollins US, 2001 New York, ISBN 978-0-06-097573-9 .
  • Composing a life. Grove Atlantic Inc. 1989, ISBN 0-452-26505-3 .
  • Angels Fear: Towards an Epistemology of the Sacred. 1987. Hampton Press, 2005, ISBN 1-57273-594-5 .
  • Arabic Language Handbook. 1967. 2nd edition. Georgetown University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-87840-386-8 .
  • Our own Metaphor: A Personal Account of a Conference on the Effects of Conscious Purpose on Human Adaption. 1972. Hampton Press, 2005, ISBN 1-57273-601-1 .
  • Peripheral Visions: Learning Along the Way. 1994. Harper Perennial Paperback, 1995, ISBN 0-06-092630-9 .

literature

  • Brinthaupt M. Thomas, Lipka P. Richard: Understanding Early Adolescent Self and Identity: Applications and Interventions. Suny Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-7914-5334-6 (English).

Web links

Commons : Mary Catherine Bateson  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mary Catherine Bateson. Notice of death by the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS), January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  2. ^ Mary Catherine Bateson Obituary . Obituary notice on the Cremation Society of New Hampshire homepage , undated. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  3. ↑ Thomas M. Brinthaupt, Richard P. Lipka: Understanding Early Adolescent Self and Identity: Applications and Interventions . SUNY Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-7914-5334-6 ( google.at [accessed December 31, 2019]).
  4. ↑ Magnuss Ramage, Karen Shipp: System Thinkers . Springer Verlag, London 2009, ISBN 978-1-84882-524-6 , pp. 299 .
  5. ↑ a b c https://www.springerprofessional.de/mary-catherine-bateson/17725036
  6. ↑ a b c d About Mary Catherine - Mary Catherine Bateson. Retrieved January 13, 2020 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Bateson, Mary Catherine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cultural anthropologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 2021
Place of death Cambridge , Massachusetts