Car@s colegas: embora ninguém desta lista tenha comentado minha mensagem ao Beth Prize, que reproduzo abaixo, Minha indignação se deu porque o trabalho do noso colega Alfredo Roque Freite, excelente e extraordinário em todos os sentido, não foi sequer "short-listed" ou reconhecido como 'nominated". Shay Logan (um dos organizadores do Supergroup) realmente compreendeu a situação e me autorizou a divulgar sua reação e sua intenção:
"Yes, you're free to quote me! I'm going to run a few ideas by some folks about how we might go about recognizing excellent work in logic in a more fair way." =============== "Hi Walter, Thanks so much for looping me in on this. I had no idea the statistics were so bad! This is indeed embarrassing. What would you think about us using the supergroup trying to organize some way of recognizing excellent theses in logic from non-Euro and non-Anglo areas? I don't have a clear idea of the best way to go about such a thing right now. But if you think it's an idea worth pursuing, let me know and I'll put more thought into it---or listen to any thoughts on the matter that you might have! All the best, Shay" ============================= Venho aqui instar a(o)s colegas a se pronunciarem sobre esta questão importantíssima para os jovens-- e para os seniores-- da "desinclusão científica" que assola a todos nós. Vejam quem ganha os prêmios, jovens ou mais velhos, e quem é citado nas "esferas do mainstream" . Eu me importo-- quem se importar, por favor se posicione. Abraços desiludidos, Waller ============= CARTA ENVIADA Dear Mehrnoosh: c/c Board of the Association for Logic, Language and Information Thanks for your message informing me that the nomination of my ex-student Alfredo Roque Friere has not been chosen for the Beth Prize 2020. . I have to confess that I feel a bit disappointed with this decision. Of course we have to thank the board of referees, who work "pro bono" in favor of science, and undoubtedly do their best, and I also extend my full compliments to all the young scholars who have won this prize. I am absolutely sure they deserve it , However, I see with deep concerns that work from Africa, Latin America, Caribbean countries Iran, Arabic countries, India, Oceania Southeast Asia, and other non-central european and non-anglo-centred regions have never been selected for the Beth Prize. For sure, good science is not restricted to Center Europe and North-America--it's hard to believe that in 22 years the Association for Logic, Language and Information has not been able to select any PhD thesis outside Center Europe, US, and Canada. A sad evidence ot this is that the 32 winners since 1998, are distributed among Poland (3), Germany (5), France (3), US (8), UK (2), Italy (1), Canada (2), Netherlands (4), Czech Republic (1), Austria (1), Spain(1) and Russia (1). I'm afraid there is no evidence that this will be different in 2020. To have their work recognized is of vital importance for young researchers everywhere, but specially for people in Africa, Latin America, Caribbean countries Iran, Arabic countries, India, Oceania, Southeast Asia,etc, for all the political reasons we know. In particular, I ask you please to write a letter confirming that my ex-student Alfredo Roque Freire, candidate for the 2020 prize was considered, or short-listed, to the 2020 Beth Prize - this will be of higher relevance for his future career. I urge you to extend this letter to the 2020 committee and to the leaders of the Association for Logic, Language and Information, with my appeal to create a committee to take care of this point. Yours sincerely, Walter Carnielli -- Você está recebendo esta mensagem porque se inscreveu no grupo "LOGICA-L" dos Grupos do Google. Para cancelar inscrição nesse grupo e parar de receber e-mails dele, envie um e-mail para [email protected]. Para ver esta discussão na web, acesse https://groups.google.com/a/dimap.ufrn.br/d/msgid/logica-l/CAOrCsLcTvxT91Mq%2BNXqVVdF6EQ_Yk4NLhDk5WnYa5j9GDYMhiw%40mail.gmail.com.
