Re: conculture issues [cross-posted]

> (a lot of interesting comments about conculture postings on conlang)
I have recently subscribed to the World-Building list and I definitely
feel like it isn't the forum for the kind of conlang-heavy conculture
discussions that we're talking about here.  While the list itself can
have some interesting stuff, I do agree with the comment that it can
get *very* detail oriented, such as the recent multi-message thread
about the process of horse domestication in North America and how that
would/should/could influence specific elements of a hypothetical
culture.  Quite interesting in its own right, but a lot of bandwidth
for those of us who aren't really into that level of detail.

Likewise, I have found that CONLANG itself can be heavy on the
linguistics side, and I also feel less comfortable about conculture
postings unless there is a heavy linguistic element connected to the
culture item.  This is *NOT* a problem or fault in CONLANG, any more
than what I mention above is a problem of fault in World-Building, just
a logical development of the focus of each list.

As I mentioned, I would be interested in a CONCULTURE-L list.  I tried
joining the one at onelist.com, and I thought I had, but I got a bounce
a day or so later saying no such list existed.  At the time, I just
left the subject alone since I was checking out World-Building anyway.
Having since decided it's not quite my cup of tea (so to speak) I would
again be interested in conculture, if we're sure it's up and running.

Could someone (Kristian?) repost the instructions and I'll give it
another shot?

Tony Harris
Community College of Vermont
tony.harris@ccvtest.ccv.vsc.edu