World Forum for Democracy 2016: Speakers
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Nora BATESON
Filmmaker, writer, educator, President of the International Bateson Institute
Sweden/USA
Nora Bateson, is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and educator, as well as President of the International Bateson Institute based in Sweden. Her work asks the question “How we can improve our perception of the complexity we live within, so we may improve our interaction with the world?”. An international lecturer, researcher and writer, Nora wrote, directed and produced the award-winning documentary, An Ecology of Mind, a portrait of her father, Gregory Bateson. Her work brings the fields of biology, cognition, art, anthropology, psychology, and information technology together into a study of the patterns in ecology of living systems. Her book, Small Arcs of Larger Circles released by Triarchy Press, UK, 2016 is a revolutionary personal approach to the study of systems and complexity.
Theme 1
A, B, Citizenship, Democracy, and Education
Theme 2
Education bridging social divides – pass or fail?
- LAB 10
Gamify democracy - LAB 11
Embracing Global Citizenship - LAB 12
DemocrARTization - LAB 13
Refugees: Opportunities without borders - LAB 14
Deciphering media - LAB 15
Global classroom - LAB 16
Learning respect - LAB 17
Education on the move - LAB 18
Intergenerational learning - LAB 19
Education for Democracy: innovative experiences in the Francophone world