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Journeys of Mary Catherine Bateson
The University Lecture Series presents a "Journeys" lecture by author Mary Catherine Bateson, the Robinson Professor Emerita of Anthropology and English at George Mason University. Her talk is titled "Composing a Life: The Changing Shapes of Lives." Bateson says, "Just as an extended childhood made possible the human pattern of learning and transmitted knowledge and tradition, extended longevity suggests profound changes for our species. Some of these changes can be recognized in the study of individual lives that are often longer and more diverse than in the past and that depend on continuing learning. We will need to rethink education from the earliest years and to restructure the relations between generations. At the same time, we need to think differently about time, to prepare for surprises, and to fashion a new rhetoric of hope and responsibility."
Bateson has written and co-authored many books and articles, lectures across the country and abroad, is a fellow of the International Leadership Forum, and president of the Institute for Intercultural Studies in New York City. A book signing will follow the talk. Bateson will be signing her books: "Composing a Life," "Peripheral Visions — Learning Along the Way;" "With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson;" "Willing to Learn: Passages of Personal Discovery;" "Full Circles, Overlapping Lives: Culture and Generation in Transition;" and "Our Own Metaphor."
Last modified: Oct 3, 2008 10:25:41 AM EDT
Date created: Oct 3, 2008
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