EPISODE · Oct 1, 2015 · 51 MIN
Mary Catherine Bateson — Composing a Life
from On Being · host On Being Studios
The wise linguist and anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson explores the matter of life as an improvisational art, at every age. As the daughter of the iconic anthropologists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, she’s had an ability to move through the world as both an original observer and a joyful participant. She’s composed a life that is far more settled but always in dialogue with the memory of her brilliant, globe-trotting, unconventionally-coupled parents. See more at www.onbeing.org/program/mary-catherine-bateson-composing-a-life/7968
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The wise linguist and anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson explores the matter of life as an improvisational art, at every age. As the daughter of the iconic anthropologists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, she’s had an ability to move through the world as both an original observer and a joyful participant. She’s composed a life that is far more settled but always in dialogue with the memory of her brilliant, globe-trotting, unconventionally-coupled parents. See more at www.onbeing.org/program/mary-catherine-bateson-composing-a-life/7968
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