Named after distinguished anthropologist, semiotician, cyberneticist, and photographer gregory bateson, the award reflects the scas mandate to promote theoretically rich, ethnographically grounded research that engages the most current thinking across the arts and sciences. Gregory bateson book prize, society for cultural anthropology, honorable mention. Mary catherine bateson, with a daughters eye a memoir of margaret mead and gregory bateson, 1984. Humanitarianism emerges both as a form of reason and as a.
Nov 16, 2017 published in 2009 by the university of california press, alien ocean has been honored by numerous awards in addition to the staley prize, including the rachel carson prize from the society of social studies of science, the senior scholar book prize from the american ethnological society, and the gregory bateson book prize from the society for. This collection of academic papers and public lectures presents. Honorable mention in the 2019 gregory bateson book prize, sponsored by the society for cultural anthropology. His most important book, naven 1936, was a groundbreaking study of cultural symbolism and ritual based on fieldwork in. The gregory bateson book prize is awarded each year by the society for cultural anthropology sca, one of the largest sections of the. Among his books are naven, steps to an ecology of mind, mind and nature. Yet nora bateson manages to do so by always keeping the man she knew at the center. Toward an anthropology beyond the human, 2014 gregory bateson award in cultural anthropology. Gregory bateson was not only an outstanding scientist but also a highly original philosopher. Introduction to gregory batesons unique perspective on the relationship of humanity to the natural world.
Anthropological voyages in microbial seas, has been chosen from a field of more than 80 entries, as the recipient of the 2010 gregory bateson book prize, awarded by the society of cultural anthropology sca. Framed by bateson as new work from his ideas and collected by john brockman from batesons colleagues about bateson collects essays related to the broad ranging work gregory bateson engaged in. Mary catherine, the child of his marriage to margaret mead, is dean of faculty at amherst college and, like her parents, an anthropologist. Alumna, radhika govindrajan, receives gregory bateson prize. Time, islam, and ecological thought in the medieval ruins of delhi. Anthropology associate professor stefan helmreichs muchadmired book, alien ocean. Gregory bateson, born may 9, 1904, grantchester, eng. Susan lepselter on winning the bateson book prize society. While acknowledging the difficulties of speaking about change and stability due to the slippery positioning of the it of which one is speaking. Alien ocean immerses readers in worlds being newly explored by marine biologists, worlds usually out of sight and reach.
Publication date 19750812 usage attributionnoderivsnoncommercial. Gregory bateson 9 may 1904 4 july 1980 was an english anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, visual anthropologist, semiotician, and cyberneticist whose work intersected that of many other fields. Mit anthropologist stefan helmreich wins bateson book prize. American anthropological association, 2018 duke university press. Gregory bateson has 31 books on goodreads with 9509 ratings.
This is a treatise on epistemology which is at once an argument against traditional muddleheaded thinking mindbody dualism and a thesis that biological evolution and creative thought are similar processes. Staley prize from the school of advanced research, the 2012 rachel carson book prize from the society for social studies of science, the 2010 senior book prize from the american ethnological society, and the 2010 gregory bateson book prize from society for cultural anthropology charts how marine microbes are. Won gold for best documentary, spokane international film festival, 2011 audience award winner, best documentary, santa cruz film festival, 2011 winner, media ecology association, john culkin award for outstanding praxis, 2011. Gregory bateson, the double bind, and the rise of ecological consciousness locates bateson in the midst of a wide change in culture and social thought that had been in germination since the postworld war ii macy conference on cybernetics. Gregory bateson 19041980, anthropologist, psychologist, systems thinker, student of animal communication, and insightful environmentalist, was one of the most important holistic thinkers of the twentieth century. I couldnt quite grasp batesons theory of the relationship between somatic change and genetic change despite reading about this in batesons steps to an ecology of mind and getting even more confused by peter harriesjoness discussion in his book a recursive vision but on page 243 of this book there it was clearly explained on half a page. I couldnt quite grasp bateson s theory of the relationship between somatic change and genetic change despite reading about this in bateson s steps to an ecology of mind and getting even more confused by peter harriesjoness discussion in his book a recursive vision but on page 243 of this book there it was clearly explained on half a page. Stefan helmreich wins gregory bateson book prize for alien. Gregory bateson books list of books by author gregory bateson. Meintjess lyrically written volume is a welcome addition to the growing literature on zulu dance and song.
View recent awards page for more award winning books. The years to come will find his thoughts catalyzing the common human consciousness up over the precipice to its next plateau. One of anthropologys most distinguished experimental thinkers, gregory bateson. His writings include steps to an ecology of mind 1972 and mind and nature 1979. Susan lepselter on winning the bateson book prize society for. Framed by bateson as new work from his ideas and collected by john brockman from bateson s colleagues about bateson collects essays related to the broad ranging work gregory bateson engaged in. Resisting family pressures to fol low in his fathers footsteps, he completed his degree in anthropology instead of the natural sciences, and left england to do field work in new guinea.
Gregory bateson american anthropologist britannica. In the ruins of a medieval palace in delhi, a unique phenomenon occurs. Gregory bateson taught at columbia university, the new school for social research, harvard university, stanford university, and the university of california, santa cruz. Dust of the zulu is an engaging and informative book. Gregory bateson died on july 4, 1980, at the age of 76, survived by his wife, lois. In announcing the prize, karen strassler describes the book in the following terms. Jan 19, 2018 society for linguistic anthropology ilana gershon and susan lepselter january 19, 2018 susan lepselter won the 2017 gregory bateson book prize for her book, the resonance of unseen things. Aldo and jeanne scaglione prize for comparative literary studies 2. The gregory bateson book prize is awarded by the society for cultural anthropology, a section of the american anthropological association. It has also received honorable mention for the gregory bateson book prize from the society for cultural anthropology. A formal presentation of the award will be made at thee aaa meetings to. Books by gregory bateson author of steps to an ecology of mind. Susan lepselter won the 2017 gregory bateson book prize for her book, the resonance of unseen things. Gregory bateson the international bateson institute.
One of anthropologys most distinguished thinkers, gregory bateson 19041980 and his diverse body of work are emblematic of what the sca was founded to promote. Named after distinguished anthropologist, semiotician, cyberneticist, and photographer gregory bateson, the award reflects the scas mandate to promote theoretically rich, ethnographically grounded. Interspecies relatedness in indias central himalayas university of chicago press, 2018. In the years following world war ii, bateson was among the group of mathematicians, engineers, and social scientists who laid the theoretical foundations of the information age. Sacrifice and suicide bombing in afghanistan has won the senior book prize of the american ethnological society.
Gregory batesons most popular book is steps to an ecology of mind. His most important book, naven 1936, was a groundbreaking study of cultural symbolism and ritual based on fieldwork in new guinea. Last year the society for cultural anthropology announced the creation of the gregory bateson book prize for the best work of ethnographic analysis and anthropological thought from any disciplinary tradition. Gregory bateson book prize one of anthropologys most distinguished thinkers, gregory bateson 19041980 and his diverse body of work are emblematic of what the sca was founded to promote. Welcoming a wide range of styles and argument, the gregory bateson book prize looks to single out work that is theoretically rich, ethnographically grounded. On the possibility of life in capitalist ruins anna lowenhaupt tsing winner of the 2016 victor turner prize in ethnographic writing, society for humanistic anthropology winner of the 2016 gregory bateson prize, the society for cultural anthropology finalist for the 2016 northern california book awards in general nonfiction, northern california book. Towards an epistemology of the sacred, and a sacred unity. Gregory bateson was born in 1904, the son of william bateson, a leading british biologist and a pioneering geneticist. Gregory bateson book prize honorable mention society for cultural anthropology. Named after distinguished anthropologist, semiotician, cyberneticist, and photographer gregory bateson, the award reflects the scas mandate to promote theoretically rich. The anthropologist gregory bateson has been called a lost giant of twentiethcentury thought.
Batesons impatience with praise and any softness in thinking is displayed in the introduction and pushes each essay to move ideas forward. Essays in memory of gregory bateson, cambridge university press, 1989. Dec 06, 2017 the gregory bateson book prize is awarded by the society for cultural anthropology, a section of the american anthropological association. In the ruins of a medieval palace in delhi, a unique phenomenon. Time, islam, and ecological thought in the medieval ruins of. Sep 08, 2009 scas bateson book prize winner september 8, 2009 ckelty last year the society for cultural anthropology announced the creation of the gregory bateson book prize for the best work of ethnographic analysis and anthropological thought from any disciplinary tradition. Delmos jones and jagna sharff memorial book prize best book published in previous two years, society for the anthropology of north america 2010 honorable mention, gregory bateson book prize, society for cultural anthropology 2009. Books by gregory bateson author of steps to an ecology of. His publications include the edited volume, gregory bateson. Published in 2009 by the university of california press, alien ocean has been honored by numerous awards in addition to the staley prize, including the rachel carson prize from the society of social studies of science, the senior scholar book prize from the american ethnological society, and the gregory bateson book prize from the society for.
Our anthropology titles were honored with more awards this year than. Essays for an ecology of ideas 2005, in celebration of the gregory bateson centennial, and the edited volume research and reflexivity 1991, dr. In this exquisitely crafted ethnography, susan lepselter explores how the. The work of diagnosis in the age of noninvasive cutting durham, n. A n ecology of mind is a film portrait of gregory bateson, celebrated anthropologist, philosopher, author, naturalist, systems theorist, and filmmaker, produced and directed by his daughter, nora bateson t he film includes footage from batesons own films shot in the 1930s in bali with margaret mead and new guinea, along with photographs, filmed lectures, and interviews. He studied at the charterhouse school and went on to receive a bachelors in biology from st. Alien ocean by stefan helmreich paperback university of. Both have a double structure, bateson says, and much of the text is an elaboration of the parallel characteristics of mind and nature. Anthropological voyages in microbial seas, has been chosen from a field of more than 80 entries as the recipient of the 2010 gregory bateson book prize, awarded by the society of cultural anthropology, one of the largest sections of the american anthropological association. We have been able to make use of the fine biography by david lipset, gregory bateson, the legacy. His 1894 book materials for the study of variation was one of the earliest formulations of the new approach.
Innovative, interdisciplinary, and theoretically rich stefan helmreichs muchadmired book, alien ocean. Working alongside scientists at sea and in labs in monterey bay, hawaii, the woods hole oceanographic institution, and the sargasso sea and at undersea volcanoes in the eastern pacific, stefan. Gregory bateson 19041980 was an anthropologist amongst many other things. Aaa section awards connect with aaa american anthropological. Oct 04, 2010 anthropology associate professor stefan helmreichs muchadmired book, alien ocean. Apsa european politics and society section book award 1. Society for linguistic anthropology ilana gershon and susan lepselter january 19, 2018 susan lepselter won the 2017 gregory bateson book prize for her book, the resonance of unseen things. Society for latin american and caribbean anthropology book prize won. David lipset, gregory bateson the legacy of a scientist, beacon press, 1982. He was very charismatic and, like a zen master, he liked to jolt peoples minds by asking astonishing and seemingly mysterious questions. Bateson s impatience with praise and any softness in thinking is displayed in the introduction and pushes each essay to move ideas forward. Stefan helmreich wins gregory bateson book prize for alien ocean. His central project was the application of systems theory or cybernetics defined by norbert weiner in 1948 as the scientific study of control and communication in the animal and the machine to the fields of anthropology, psychology, history and ecology.
Elder prize in the indian social sciences, sponsored by the american institute of indian studies honorable mention in the 2019 gregory bateson book prize, sponsored by the society for cultural anthropology. Indians of all castes and creeds meet to socialize and ask the spirits for help. Duke university press, 2017, was selected for the bateson prize from among more than 100 titles submitted by 30 presses. Taking up the upsurge in suicide bombing following the end of the soviet invasion in afghanistan. Cybernetics, a key field for bateson, is the interdisciplinary study of systems, their interfaces, and their communication, applicable to both organic and mechanical networks. Alumna, radhika govindrajan, currently associate professor of anthropology at university of washington seattle, has been awarded the gregory bateson prize by the society for cultural anthropology for her book animal intimacies. In palo alto in 1956, he introduced the doublebind theory of schizophrenia. The bateson committee states, dust of the zulu is a breathtaking representation of ethnographic knowledge and empathy directed not simply to a specific. What is the pattern, bateson would ask that connects the crab to the lobster and the orchid to the primrose.
Gregory bateson was born on may 9, 1904, in grantchester, england. Sharon stephens first book prize honorable mention. Mueni wa muiu, journal of global south studies the vitality of ngoma glistens on the pages of dust of the zulu. Based on ten years of comparative field research and a unique combination of medical and anthropological expertise, didier fassins humanitarian reason avoids moralizing in favor of careful sociological analysis. Society for latin american and caribbean anthropology. Ngoma aesthetics after apartheid durham and london. Victor turner prize for ethnographic writing finalist. The gregory bateson book prize is awarded each year by the society for cultural anthropology sca, one of the largest sections of the american anthropological association. Insomniac is an impassioned workan inspired amalgam of academic and firsthand research, memoir, analysis, and the kind of obsessive brooding we associate with the insomniac state. Gregory bateson book prize book awards librarything.
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