69: Lurking Monsters with Nora Bateson

In this podcast, Nora Bateson shares her thinking about the
ecology of communication, which is at the heart of her latest
book 'Combining'. 

Nora shares her experience of being the daughter of Gregory
Bateson the world-famous ecological thinker, and how he lived his
ecology, rather than treat ecology and systems thinking as
objects to study. Nora internalised this and explains how she
works with people on her concept of Warm Data and Warm Data Labs,
to practice this ecological way of being. Working organically
with them, not to solve specific problems in a linear way, but to
discover emergent and nuanced possibilities unknown to them at
the start of their work together.   

This recording took place on Halloween and Nora shares readings
from her new book relating to this time of year, her first
reading is 'Lurking Monster' which expresses how the ghosts of
industrialisation lurk in our speech and pervade our lifeworlds,
entrapping us in cultural patterns of repetition. This is a rich
and at times beautiful podcast, which we highly recommend you
take your time to listen to when you have the space to feel as
well as think. 

Bio
Nora Bateson is an award-winning filmmaker, research designer,
writer, educator, and 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 the ecology of living
systems. 


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.

Get the
book: https://www.amazon.com/Combining-Nora-Bateson/dp/1913743853