Nora Bateson - World Women Summit

Nora Bateson

Award-winning Filmmaker, Writer, Educator, President of International Bateson Institute

Embracing Complexity – Intergenerational Wisdom & the Power of Care

Highlights from this session:

In this interview Nora Bateson delves into an exploration on self-understanding, care, and the complexities inherent in intergenerational relationships, trauma, and post-death rituals. She explores the shift towards interdependence, the concept of nth? order agency, and the balance between feminine and masculine energies within the human-nature dynamic. Nora shares personal anecdotes about her mother, highlighting generational differences and the importance of recognizing and addressing trauma. She emphasizes the value of empathy, compassion, and collective care, advocating for a holistic approach to addressing complex global issues. The interview concludes with reflections on the interconnectedness of life.

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Nora Bateson

Nora Bateson, is an award-winning filmmaker, research designer, writer, educator, international lecturer, as well as President of the International Bateson Institute based in Sweden. She is the creator of the Warm Data theory and practices. Nora’s work brings the fields of biology, cognition, art, anthropology, psychology, and information technology together into a study of the patterns in ecology of living systems.

She wrote, directed and produced the award-winning documentary, An Ecology of Mind, a portrait of her father Gregory Bateson. Her first book, Small Arcs of Larger Circles, released by Triarchy Press, UK, 2016 is a revolutionary personal approach to the study of systems and complexity.

In her latest second book Combining, Nora invites us into an ecology of communication where nothing stands alone, and every action sets off a chain of incalculable consequences. She challenges conventional fixes for our problems, highlighting the need to tackle issues at multiple levels, understand interdependence, and embrace ambiguity.

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