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<p>Nick -</p>
<p>I do think this is the kind of cross-disciplinary material that
we several could use as a good "shared meal"... a good choice for
a "book club", if you will. I don't expect Springer drops prices
on their books (ever?), but those with institutional affiliations
can probably get access to the e-book through their library, etc.?<br>
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<p>Do you remember being amongst those conversations at
Cowgirl/Aztec back somewhere between 2003 and 2007?</p>
<p>- Steve<br>
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is the kind of thing we ought to sit down to read together …
perhaps when the price comes down? Or bite the bullet and
do it now? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Nicholas
S. Thompson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Emeritus
Professor of Psychology and Biology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Clark
University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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Friam [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com">mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com</a>] <b>On Behalf
Of </b>Steven A Smith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 30, 2018 11:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee
Group <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:friam@redfish.com"><friam@redfish.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [FRIAM] a memory less ephemeral:
Narrating Complexity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>This just out:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a
href="https://susan-stepney.blogspot.com/2018/12/narrating-complexity.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://susan-stepney.blogspot.com/2018/12/narrating-complexity.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Is anyone here familiar with any of the contributors' work?
From the Springer website:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <a href="https://www.springer.com/gb/book/9783319647128"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.springer.com/gb/book/9783319647128</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<p><b><i>Narrating Complexity</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><i>This book stages a dialogue between international
researchers from the broad fields of complexity science
and narrative studies. It presents an edited collection of
chapters on aspects of how narrative theory from the
humanities may be exploited to understand, explain,
describe, and communicate aspects of complex systems, such
as their emergent properties, feedbacks, and downwards
causation; and how ideas from complexity science can
inform narrative theory, and help explain, understand, and
construct new, more complex models of narrative as a
cognitive faculty and as a pervasive cultural form in new
and old media. </i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><i>The book is suitable for academics, practitioners, and
professionals, and postgraduates in complex systems,
narrative theory, literary and film studies, new media and
game studies, and science communication.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>I've known Susan for nearly 20 years when she worked with
Logica (vaguely parallel to BiosGroup) and we've collaborated
on a few topics over those years.Even though I've had an
interest and minor stake in this field (relating the domain of
narrative and storytelling to complexity science), I haven't
kept up with this line of her work (she is so diverse and
prolific it would be impossible) kicked off in 2012.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <a
href="https://susan-stepney.blogspot.com/2012/07/narrating-complexity.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://susan-stepney.blogspot.com/2012/07/narrating-complexity.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Our friend and colleague from proto-FriAM, Mike Agar helped
some of us think about this general area in his own unique
way, and I seem to remember there were others still in this
circle besides Guerin and myself, with an interest/stake in it
(NickT?) We had a few discussions over beer/coffee at the
Aztec Cafe and Cowgirl Cafe, as I remember it (circa 2006?).
We also engaged Tim Taylor (then Librarian at SFI, now Admin
Assistant to Krakauer at SFI, always a poet).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>A mini-salon held 2 summers ago at Jenny Quillien's on
Metaphor (I distinctly remember DaveW, StephenG, KimS, and a
few others attending) was vaguely tangential to the topic.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don't expect to purchase my own copy at these prices (eBook
OR Hardcover) but will probably try to engage Susan a little
on the topic anyway. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>From the Springer Preview online, in her co-author's
introductory chapter:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><i>Narrative is the semiotic articulation of linear
temporal sequence.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>this is just his working definition for the purpose of the
book, but an interesting level of abstraction for the purpose.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>- Steve<o:p></o:p></p>
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