An ecology of mind a daughter's portrait of Gregory Bateson

Bateson, Nora. (Screenwriter, Producer, Director, Narrator). Seibury, David. (Added Author). Bullfrog Films (Added Author).

Summary: Gregory Bateson studied the interrelationships of the complex systems we live in with scientific rigor and enormous integrity. His theories, such as "the double bind" and "the pattern which connects," continue to impact the fields of anthropology, psychiatry, information science, cybernetics, urban planning, biology, and ecology, challenging people to think in new ways. His youngest daughter, Nora Bateson, presents his thinking using a richly personal perspective, focusing on the stories Bateson used to present his ideas. With footage from Gregory's own films shot in the 1930s with his wife Margaret Mead in Bali and New Guinea, along with photographs, filmed lectures, and interviews, AN ECOLOGY OF MIND inspires us to see our lives within a larger system, glistening with symmetry, play, and metaphor. It is an invitation to ask the kinds of questions that Gregory Bateson asked. Through contemporary interviews, along with his own words, Bateson's way of thinking reveals practical approaches to the enormous challenges confronting the human race and the natural world.

Record details

ISBN: 1594589054
ISBN: 9781594589058
Physical Description: dvd
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	New September 2013. Bonus features: Mary Catherine Bateson "Addiction" (51 sec.); Mary Catherine Bateson (Cybernetics" (2 mins., 18 sec.); Fritjof Capra "Bateson's Crab Discussion" (1 min., 42 sec.); Fritjof Capra "Mind-Body" (1 min., 38 sec.); "Conversation and Tea with Bateson" (2 min., 42 sec.); Jerry Brown "The Ecology and the Economy" (54 sec.); Stewart Brand "The Futurists" (2 min., 39 sec); Terry Deacon "On Beauty" (1 min., 25 sec.); Terry Deacon "Linear Causality" (1 min., 24 sec.); Tim Keanini "Epistemology" (3 min., 52 sec.)
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Scriptwriter and narrator, Nora Bateson ; co-producer and editor, David Sieburg.
Participant or Performer Note:	Interviewees: Ralph Abraham, Lois Bateson, Mary Catherine Bateson, Steward Brand, Jerry Brown, Fritjof Capra, Terry Deacon, Tim Kanini, William Thompson.
Awards Note:	Santa Cruz Film Festival, Audience Award Best Documentary; Spokane International Film Festival, Best Documentary; John Culkin Award Outstanding Praxis Media Ecology Association.