Kairos Book Club: “Combining” by Nora Bateson

Friday December 1st
Doors & drinks 6.30pm; Discussion starts 7pm

The second collection of essays, reflections, poems and artwork by Nora Bateson, the noted research designer, film-maker, and president of the International Bateson Institute (IBI).

"Combining" is an embodiment of her recent work on Warm Data and offers a radical ecological approach to  the climate crisis, political upheaval, education, health, food and relationships.

"In Combining, Nora Bateson 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.

Insisting on our collective responsibility to confront the looming threats to humanity‘s survival, she advocates change through interconnectedness and challenges us to rethink our perspectives on relationships, community, and the very essence of being human.

A blend of intellectual inquiry, essays, emotional engagement, storytelling, poetry and graphic art, Combining is an invitation to nurture genuine connections and navigate a world brimming with “Warm Data” – the interrelationships that integrate elements of every complex system. The book calls on us to shed our linear thinking and embrace “Aphanipoiesis” – the unseen ways in which life comes together to foster vitality and propel evolution.

In Combining, love, humor, curiosity, and vulnerability entwine amidst the trials of a world in flux. As we face the Polycrisis, Nora Bateson urges us to swerve from the traditional paths and to dismantle the illusions of fitting in. She beckons us to step into a world where learning, uncutness, and readiness converge, promising both revelation and revolution."

See here for more info and comment about the book.

Kairos, 84 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TG

Doors open at 6.30pm. Discussion starts at 7pm. Bring your own bottle. 

Free for members, £5 non-members. (Members please register in advance so we can plan numbers.)