Hi Tom, Julie,
I agree and don't agree with Tom. These lists (and specially this one)
has very heterogeneous membership and its richness derives from this.
Although it should have an etiquette and an ethics (why not), it
shouldn't be formatted as a research centre, a class room or any
bureaucratic academic facility.
The academic correspondent that I find more similar to these lists (and
I am member of a few ones) is the "conference coffee-break" or even
sometimes the "conference cocktail". These are places and times where
information flows in a rich informal way.
The beauty of these lists is that you choose either to answer or not to
a ill formulated request. Even if you choose to answer, you can do it by
giving full references or just hints or comments or your "primary
information".
In a world facebooked and twited I don't think that people applying to
membership in this list are not really interested in drawing research in
the most honest way.
So where do I agree with you?
I really agree with your suggestion. If formulated that way the
information flow will be much more consistent and the learning/research
process more fruitful.
Best regards,
Eduardo
Eduardo Corte-Real
Dr Arch
Professor IADE-U
Lisboa
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