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Biography of Contributors
are leading principles in healthcare and nutrition. To this end, he co-authored the book Barstensvol
leven: een pleidooi voor vitale voeding (‘Full of Life: a Plea for Vital Food’), which focuses on a systemic perspective towards food quality; its relation to resilience; new research methodologies that
address this aspect; a new concept of health which emphasises resilience and makes a direct link
feasible between vital food and health; and the policy implications with respect to the production
of vital food and the development of (high-tech) sustainable agriculture. Paul is a PhD candidate
at since 2017 the Witten/Herdecke University, Germany, focusing on fundamental homeopathic
research in combination with the crystallisation method. Since 2020 he has been working at the
Society for Cancer Research at the Hiscia Research Institute in Arlesheim, Switzerland (https://
www.crystal-lab.nl/ and https://www.iscador.com/en/).
Michel Duhamel
Michel Duhamel was educated in mechanical engineering (Supmeca Institute, Paris) and graduated in social psychology (Paris-X University). He has a diversifed experience in the development
of new activities, which he practised during 14 years at Bossard Consultants (1971–1985), was
then the frst French group of management consultants; subsequently 6 years at Nodal Consultants
(business development strategies through innovation and partnership) (1991–1996); and 5 years
at Erdyn Consultants (scientifc and technical consulting) (1997–2001). He is co-founder and
chairman of Genodics SAS, since May 2008, and Multinno SARL (Paris; 2010). He has also
strategically contributed to the establishment of the European Association for the Transfer of
Technologies, Innovation and Industrial Information (T.I.I., Luxembourg), of which he was
Secretary General from 1986 to 1990 and President from 2006 to 2009. His main areas of expertise are the creation of new businesses, innovation management, economic development policies,
industrial and administrative management, human relations and change management, the development of genodics – a new approach to biology through protein music – and the production of
scientifc publications.
Miche Fabre Lewin and Flora Gathorne-Hardy
Dr Miche Fabre Lewin and Dr Flora Gathorne-Hardy are co-founders of Touchstones Earth ecological arts and research practice. Their work comprises multimedia rituals, choreographies, installations, artworks and forums to engage the senses and amplify our capacities for thinking–feeling
with each other and Earthly sentience. These emergent encounters open us to experiences of life as
a connecting force, inspiring refreshed narratives and cooperative partnerships for responsible and
liberatory action in the world. Within her research, Miche Fabre Lewin has evolved sympoiethics
as the conjoining of sympoiesis and ethics, where sympoiesis defnes life as a process of ‘makingwith’ between human cultures and an animate world. Sympoiethics is a responsive, life-affrming
orientation that attends to the multiplicity of bodymind experiences, the diversity of human bodies
of culture, and the multifold ‘voices’ of the planetary body. Touchstones Earth is in alliance with
the transdisciplinary research Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) at Coventry
University, the Sustainability Institute, Lynedoch, South Africa and the Centre for Complex Systems
in Transition, Stellenbosch University, where both Miche and Flora are Artist Research Associates
(www.touchstones.earth).
Leonardo Felipe Faedo
Leo is Brazilian, graduating in agronomy from the Santa Catrina State University (UDESC) in the
Agroveterinarian Science Centre (CAV), in 2012, with a specialism in Agribusiness Administration
from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) in 2015. He then worked with conventional horticulture, fruticulture and cereal crops, and this experience made him change his perspective on agriculture since which he has focused on agroecology. This led to a Master’s in Plant Production focusing
on homeopathy and biological control of plant diseases on the strawberry crop (UDESC), in 2018,
and he is currently a Co-tutelle PhD student on Plant Production at both the Santa Catarina State
Biography of Contributors
are leading principles in healthcare and nutrition. To this end, he co-authored the book Barstensvol
leven: een pleidooi voor vitale voeding (‘Full of Life: a Plea for Vital Food’), which focuses on a systemic perspective towards food quality; its relation to resilience; new research methodologies that
address this aspect; a new concept of health which emphasises resilience and makes a direct link
feasible between vital food and health; and the policy implications with respect to the production
of vital food and the development of (high-tech) sustainable agriculture. Paul is a PhD candidate
at since 2017 the Witten/Herdecke University, Germany, focusing on fundamental homeopathic
research in combination with the crystallisation method. Since 2020 he has been working at the
Society for Cancer Research at the Hiscia Research Institute in Arlesheim, Switzerland (https://
www.crystal-lab.nl/ and https://www.iscador.com/en/).
Michel Duhamel
Michel Duhamel was educated in mechanical engineering (Supmeca Institute, Paris) and graduated in social psychology (Paris-X University). He has a diversifed experience in the development
of new activities, which he practised during 14 years at Bossard Consultants (1971–1985), was
then the frst French group of management consultants; subsequently 6 years at Nodal Consultants
(business development strategies through innovation and partnership) (1991–1996); and 5 years
at Erdyn Consultants (scientifc and technical consulting) (1997–2001). He is co-founder and
chairman of Genodics SAS, since May 2008, and Multinno SARL (Paris; 2010). He has also
strategically contributed to the establishment of the European Association for the Transfer of
Technologies, Innovation and Industrial Information (T.I.I., Luxembourg), of which he was
Secretary General from 1986 to 1990 and President from 2006 to 2009. His main areas of expertise are the creation of new businesses, innovation management, economic development policies,
industrial and administrative management, human relations and change management, the development of genodics – a new approach to biology through protein music – and the production of
scientifc publications.
Miche Fabre Lewin and Flora Gathorne-Hardy
Dr Miche Fabre Lewin and Dr Flora Gathorne-Hardy are co-founders of Touchstones Earth ecological arts and research practice. Their work comprises multimedia rituals, choreographies, installations, artworks and forums to engage the senses and amplify our capacities for thinking–feeling
with each other and Earthly sentience. These emergent encounters open us to experiences of life as
a connecting force, inspiring refreshed narratives and cooperative partnerships for responsible and
liberatory action in the world. Within her research, Miche Fabre Lewin has evolved sympoiethics
as the conjoining of sympoiesis and ethics, where sympoiesis defnes life as a process of ‘makingwith’ between human cultures and an animate world. Sympoiethics is a responsive, life-affrming
orientation that attends to the multiplicity of bodymind experiences, the diversity of human bodies
of culture, and the multifold ‘voices’ of the planetary body. Touchstones Earth is in alliance with
the transdisciplinary research Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) at Coventry
University, the Sustainability Institute, Lynedoch, South Africa and the Centre for Complex Systems
in Transition, Stellenbosch University, where both Miche and Flora are Artist Research Associates
(www.touchstones.earth).
Leonardo Felipe Faedo
Leo is Brazilian, graduating in agronomy from the Santa Catrina State University (UDESC) in the
Agroveterinarian Science Centre (CAV), in 2012, with a specialism in Agribusiness Administration
from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) in 2015. He then worked with conventional horticulture, fruticulture and cereal crops, and this experience made him change his perspective on agriculture since which he has focused on agroecology. This led to a Master’s in Plant Production focusing
on homeopathy and biological control of plant diseases on the strawberry crop (UDESC), in 2018,
and he is currently a Co-tutelle PhD student on Plant Production at both the Santa Catarina State