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From: Klaas Bakker, Missouri State University, Springfield MO, USA
Date: 16 Apr 2010
Time: 21:39:09 -0500
Remote Name: 173.22.193.98
I will speak on my behalf, Chris may have more to say about this later. I doubt that there is absolutely no acknowledgement of cluttering in cultures where the language doesn't have a word for it. The lack of a term for cluttering makes it less likely a topoic of discussion, or a reason to write about it, or perhaps to seek treatment. The symptoms, I am sure, exist in other cultures/language groups without a word for cluttering but of course I cannot know for sure about this without empirical research available to speak to this. As active participant in the International Cluttering Associateion, I believe it would be good to have a discussion about cluttering or displayhing cluttering symptoms in communities where there may be a lack of clinical or other literature on the subject. Perhaps in these same cultures, there is a taboo, or a stigma associated with cluttering. I am hoping that someone out there has experience with this situation and could help explain what it is like.