Gregory Bateson
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Gregory Bateson was an English anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, visual anthropologist, semiotician, and cyberneticist whose work intersected that of many other fields. His writings include
Rudolph Arnheim (left) and Bateson (right) speaking at the American Federation of Arts 48th Annual Convention, 6 April 1957 (photo by Eliot Elisofon) American Federation of Arts records, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Margaret Mead
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Margaret Mead was an American cultural anthropologist, author and speaker, who appeared frequently in the mass media during the mid-twentieth century.
Gregory Bateson
…various early forms of systems theory developed in different fields of science. From 1936 until 1950, he was married to American cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead. He applied his knowledge to the war effort before moving to the United States. Bateson and Mead had a daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson (1939–2021…
Mead in 1948
Ink on paper drawing by artist I Ketut Ngéndon depicting anthropologists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson leaving Bali and heading for Papua New Guinea
Samoan girl, c. 1896
Mead, c. 1950