<p dir="ltr">Dear Pedro,<br>
Dear FISers, </p>
<p dir="ltr">It's great to be part of this group and I hope we find a way to bring back old members and attract new ones. <br>
As always, the issues proposed are pretty interesting. <br>
The issue about narratives calls specially my attention because of my humanist background. I only would like to bring to the forefront the following: since keywords are becoming essential in our digital environment in order to classify and organize knowledge, is narrative the adecuate word to grasp what we mean? <br>
I believe that the issue of narrative cannot do without the problems of coding and semantics (meaning). <br>
The three of them, although intertwined, aim at different dimensions of communication and information. Therefore, shall we talk instead of the tripod code, semantics, narratives or is there a more general concept in which to subsume them?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regarding the issues raised by Krassimir, I think that what constitutes a discipline is the agreement on what we disagree. We all agree on the trans disciplinary importance of information, but we disagree on what is information, what a theory of information should account for... And so on. I think plurality is an edge. In this guise, it would be interesting if we cared even more for the implications and assumptions in the theories each of us defend. For instance, I am currently thinking of a critique of mentalist or idealist models by stressing the role of other kinds of cognition (understood as information processing), such as social (systems) cognition. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Best regards,</p>
<p dir="ltr">JJ<br>
</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">El oct 5, 2018 2:26 PM, "Pedro C. Marijuan" <<a href="mailto:pcmarijuan.iacs@aragon.es">pcmarijuan.iacs@aragon.es</a>> escribió:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Dear FIS Colleagues,</p>
<p>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).<br>
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<p>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.<br>
</p>
<p>And that's all! Little by little am getting used to my new life
"far from the madding crowd" of local Faculty.</p>
<p>Friendly regards to all,</p>
<p>--Pedro<br>
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