Re: conculture issues [cross-posted]

And Rosta:

>It was me that suggested a conculture list, and cc-ed to John as a
>tacit nudge for him to set one up from Onelist.com. I suggested it
>as principally for conlangers, as I was aware of the World-Building
>and World-Design lists (I subscribe to the latter), which cater to
>RPG people and to people whose principal interest is in creating
>worlds (and not, I have observed, languages at all). FWIW, I have
>found, say, Kristian's purely concultural posts to Conlang far more
>pertinent to my interests than anything I have read on World-Design
>(which I've been too busy to read for some months).
>
>I'm aware that many messages to Conlang blend language and culture
>(e.g. many of Matt's), but I also remember being (justly, I think)
>complained at (by Mark Line) when I sent to Conlang a post
>describing nothing but Livagian football. I'd quite like a forum
>where I could discuss Livagian and, say, Boreanesian footy without
>fear of pissing other subscribers off. True, a CONCULTURE tag on
>Conlang might help, to the extent that people used it [I can never
>remember what the tags are], but I know that a hefty number of
>people have unsubscribed from Conlang because of the excessively
>heavy traffic. Even messages you delete unread take time and disk
>quota.
I share And's sentiments exactly. I'd also feel uncomfortable
posting details about, say, a Boreanesian version of the Oriental Go
board-game. I'd feel uncomfortable posting Boreanesian recipes. I'd
feel uncomfortable posting details about Boreanesian architecture.
But most of all, I'd really really feel uncomfortable posting to
conlang-L asking technical questions that pertain more to
anthropology and ethnology rather than linguistics, whether there
was a subject tag or not.

I'm also concerned about flooding conlang with posts that are
concultural rather than conlingual. It would be nice to have a forum
where I can discuss Boreanesian recipes and architecture without
having to flood conlang with issues that are not directly conlang
related.

I don't subscribe to the other world-building/design lists, but I'm
under the impression that conculturers would be more concerned about
the precise details of a conculture rather than a generalized
picture of a conworld. Conculturers would be more concerned about
the development of a culture while world-builders/designers would be
more concerned about the setting of a culture. Conculturers try to
bring a culture to life while little such endeavors can be said for
world-builders/designers.

I firmly believe that there is room for an offshoot-list of conlang
to discuss concultural issues, NOT world-building/designing issues.

BTW, I subscribed to conculture-l several days ago, but so far there
has only been three posts including my own. What happened to all
those people who said they would join such a list if there was one
made?

-kristian- 8-)