Mary Catherine Bateson

Mary Catherine Bateson (born December 8, 1939) is an American writer and cultural anthropologist.

For the English historian, see Mary Bateson (historian).

Mary Catherine Bateson
At a conference about Climate Disruption in 2004
Born	(1939-12-08) December 8, 1939 New York City, New York, U.S.
Education	Brearley School (1957) Radcliffe College, B.A. (1960) Harvard University, Ph.D. (1963)
Occupation	Cultural anthropologist
Spouse(s)	J. Barkev Kassarjian ( m. 1960)
Children	1
Parent(s)	Gregory Bateson Margaret Mead
Relatives	Jeremy Steig (cousin) William Steig (uncle) Leo Rosten (uncle)

A graduate of the Brearley School, Bateson is the daughter of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson.[1] She is a noted author in her field with many published monographs. Among her books is With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, a recounting of her upbringing by two famous parents. She has taught at Harvard, Amherst, and George Mason University, among others. Bateson is a fellow of the International Leadership Forum and was president of the Institute for Intercultural Studies in New York until 2010. [2]

Personal life

Since 1960, she has been married to Barkev Kassarjian, a professor of management at Babson College. They have one daughter, Sevanne Margaret (born 1969), an actress who works professionally under the name Sevanne Martin,[3] and two grandsons. Through her mother's side of the family, Bateson is also the cousin of Jeremy Steig[1] as well as a niece of William Steig and Leo Rosten.[4]

Bibliography

• Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom (2010)
• Willing to Learn : Passages of Personal Discovery (2004)
• Full Circles, Overlapping Lives : Culture and Generation in Transition (2000)
• Peripheral Visions - Learning Along the Way (1994)
• Composing a Life (1991)
• Thinking AIDS (1988) with Richard Goldsby
• Angels Fear: Towards an Epistemology of the Sacred (1987) written with Gregory Bateson
• With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson (1984)
• At Home in Iran" (1974)
• Our Own Metaphor: A Personal Account of a Conference on the Effects of Conscious Purpose on Human Adaptation (1972)
• Arabic Language Handbook (1967)

References

1. Understanding Early Adolescent Self and Identity. Books.google.com. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
2. "NYTimes". movies2.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
3. Sevanne Kassarjian on IMDb
4. Intertwined Lives. Books.google.com. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

External links

• http://www.marycatherinebateson.com/
• International Leadership Forum
• A film clip "The Open Mind - AIDS - The Social Response (1988)" is available at the Internet Archive
• A film clip "The Open Mind - AIDS - A Metaphor for American Society (1988)" is available at the Internet Archive
• MCB's Introduction to the 2000 republication of Gregory Bateson's "Steps to an Ecology of Mind."
• MCB's Keynote address, Fielding Graduate University's fifth annual International Conference on Positive Aging, Los Angeles, CA, December 7, 2011.
• MCB’s contributions to the Legacy of Wisdom project.
• MCB’s 2011 TEDx Women talk on the themes of rebirth, "Adulthood II," and the critical role of older adults, especially women, in advocating for the future.
• MCB's talk “Live Longer, Think Longer," part of the Long Now Foundation's seminars on long-term thinking.
• LineZine interviews MCB.
• “Crossing Cultures: A Talk with Mary Catherine Bateson” (The Edge Foundation)
• “Learning Is Key to Bridging the Intergenerational Gap,” an interview with MCB.
• ”Seizing your Future,” MCB interviewed by AARP.
• Healthy Choices Media's podcast interview with MCB.
• Wild River Review talks with MCB.
• “Creativity, Life and Improv,” an interview with MCB.
• “Connecting Love and Work,” first part of MCB's Lumunos blog essay.
• “Connecting Love and Work,” second part of MCB's Lumunos blog essay.
• “Resonance,” MCB's essay for Lumunos.
• “An Anthropologist’s Take on Homemaking," The New York Times interviews MCB.
• A Time for Active Wisdom: A Conversation with Mary Catherine Bateson with the Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning and Dialogue.
• “Comparison is key: New learning is a victory for the human spirit. So is empathy”, Whole Earth Review, 1998.
• The first three chapters of “Angels Fear: Toward an Epistemology of the Sacred” by MCB and Gregory Bateson.
• Metalogue with Gregory Bateson and MCB.
• “Six Days of Dying,” MCB’s personal reflection on the final days of her father, Gregory Bateson.
• “Trust & security: Can the commons exist without common decency & common sense?”
• “The Changing Role of Women,” Bill Moyers interviews MCB.
• Papers of Mary Catherine Bateson, 1954–2004 (inclusive), 1975–2001 (bulk): A Finding Aid. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.