[Fis] Life goes on

[Plamen]

Dear Pedro, Michel et All,

I also got your postings and hope I am still in the list . Yes, life goes on despite changes and challenges. They make it just more interesting. The topic suggested by Pedro is also very exciting. I am looking forward to future exchanges.

All the best

Plamen

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> On Oct 6, 2018, at 8:25 PM, Michel Petitjean <petitjean.chiral at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Pedro, dear All,
> 
> Please do not worry : FIS is alive, even if there are less members and
> less messages.
> I am sure that FIS will continue anyway: more members will register,
> more messages will be posted.
> And even if FIS continue with few members and few messages, for sure
> FIS will survive.
> 
> All my best,
> 
> Michel Petitjean
> MTi, INSERM UMR-S 973, University Paris 7,
> 35 rue Helene Brion, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France.
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>        michel.petitjean at univ-paris-diderot.fr
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> 
> 
> Le ven. 5 oct. 2018 à 12:26, Pedro C. Marijuan
> <pcmarijuan.iacs at aragon.es> a écrit :
>> 
>> Dear FIS Colleagues,
>> 
>> Around the beginnings of the new course, the University of Zaragoza released the FIS list, after the authentication process mandated by an European Directive on Data Protection. The outcome has been rather tough, from around 350 we have been decimated to just 62. Provided that the most active participants have renewed, we wouldn't see much changes, although not very probably. The pity now is the diminished broadcast of the  discussions, for many of the passive recipients were more or less listening (and the warning message in Spanish didn't help at all for their awareness of the renewal process).
>> 
>> In any case, life goes on. There is a ISIS and FIS Conference next year (in the US, chaired by Terry Deacon). In the future list discussions we should keep this in mind and progressively put the focus on it. The present "slimming cure" of the list might also be a good occasion to reflect on its trajectory and aims. Are we fulfilling the foundational goals? Not so much yet... Well, from my part, I have a novel theme that I consider of interest to this basic discussion. Several readings of mine during this year have neatly converged on the power of "narratives" in our human communication. From economics, to political science, to communication studies, to Media both traditional and new, and essentially in literature and oral traditions... In particular the approach by Christopher Booker (2004, 2017) makes clear the centrality of storytelling in our whole lives. He is a controversial figure, but this book ("The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories") is a master work. My only personal caveat is the Jungian framework the author utilizes--is it necessary? I do not think so. Translating his ideas to common multidisciplinary language, pertaining both to natural science and humanities, would make for a great discussion. Right in the center. My feeling is that he has achieved for human communication what I have tried during recent years for cellular communication.
>> 
>> And that's all! Little by little am getting used to my new life "far from the madding crowd" of local Faculty.
>> 
>> Friendly regards to all,
>> 
>> --Pedro
>> 
>> -------------------------------------------------
>> Pedro C. Marijuán
>> Grupo de Bioinformación / Bioinformation Group
>> 
>> pcmarijuan.iacs at aragon.es
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