Published: June 2021, Issue 39


Keywords:
Gianluca Ganda, Mary Cathetine Bateson, Gregory Bateson, Diversity, Multiplicity, Metaphor, Gaia Hypothesis, Ecosystems, Families, Cultures, Gianfranco Cecchin, Curiosity, Respect, School, Education.

Gianluca Ganda

Psychologist and psychotherapist. Specialised at the Centro Milanese (Luigi Boscolo & Gianfranco Cecchin). Associate in SIRTS, member of the therapeutic team of Centro Milanese, and member of Connessioni's Editorial Committee since 2010. Head of the Introductory Workshop in Therapy for trainees in the Psychotherapy Course.

Abstract

An extra 'gift' from Connessioni and Gianluca Ganda is this Interview of Mary Catherine Bateson. Through the questions and the answers, significant issues are posed, inviting our circumspection.

“A few days before the sadly famous 9/11 events, Mary Catherine Bateson kindly accepted to give me this interview. She was in Mantova, taking part in the Festivaletteratura, which is an occasion for writers and academics to interact with the general public. Being a fond reader of the Bateson, I tried to put some questions to the older of Gregory’s daughters. She patiently and politely let me know her point of view on some specific matters”.