A Definition of Deliberate Culture:

Culture is rules, ideas, and ways of life that are passed down and carried on through the generations.  Deliberate Culture is when individuals who are dissatisfied with their current culture, simply carefully and deliberately create a new one for themselves.

These individuals are inspired by books like Daniel Quinn's Ishmeal and Jean Liedloff's The Continuum Concept.  This wiki is connected to the blog DeliberateCulture.blogspot.com.  It's purpose is to provide a registry of deliberate cultures, or invented tribes that people actively live within, and to give guidelines and resources for those inspired to do so.

How to Use This:

Barter - The tribes gathered here automatically become part of a bartering network.  Because each tribe, or culture will produce handmade necessities, items of value for personal decoration, and food items that will be valuable for trade, these tribes will have the opportunity to operate their own economy based on ceremony and trade.  Each tribe has a list of trade items and information on how to trade what they are seeking.

Culture Building Kit - Under the Culture menu go to the Culture Building Kit, which has information on designing and living in your new culture without leaving the Western-influenced world.  Once you have created a tribe, there is another page with a Tribal Registry template.  Become a member of this site, and use the template to create a page about your tribe.