FAQ
What does "workshop" mean?
For example: At LCC2, Donald Boozer, Sai Emrys, and David Peterson did a two-part workshop (~90 minutes each day) using Duplo blocks and small (3-4 person) groups to teach creative morphology.
(See part 1 audio (@ 7:28:30 in), slides and part 2 audio (@ 7:07:00 in), slides. If you look at the slide notes, you will be able to see our speakers' notes.)
The first day was entirely through the Duplo metaphor, covering agglutination, polysynthesis, reduplication, etc etc. We would teach a basic concept, give some ideas, and participants would then "translate" short sentences using a small set of Duplos. At the end, there was a harder translation exercise - requiring clever (re)use of a limited amount of material and a block-based grammar (using such features as block size, shape, orientation, & color instead of vocal backness, roundness, pitch, etc).
The second day transitioned out of the Duplo metaphor by giving a set of nonce phonological forms and challenging participants to use them to translate several sentences, while retaining the "grammar" that they had formed metaphorically using the Duplos. They still got to keep their notes and block set from the previous day, as a reference and inspiration tool.
The point of this workshop was secondarily to teach morphological typology, but primarily to teach how to approach vocabulary creation, well, creatively. Using Duplos helped break participants away from the familiar mold of letters and sounds, and focus more on abstract qualities and combinations of basic forms - the essence of morphology.
So, that is one example of a workshop. Others need not be of the same scope, format, or content. A "workshop" simply means a hands-on activity where all attendees participate in something that will help them be better conlangers.
Are you seeking involvement from auxlangers?
Yes.
So far, we haven't had much auxlang content, but this is due simply to a lack of submissions. If you have an idea for an auxlang-based presentation, we would be glad to hear it.