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The Census Lab is a volunteer team of information geeks, academic researchers, students, and general data nerds who have surveyed Black Rock City (BRC) residents since 2002.

Leaving No Trace

Eliminate 4,000 Burners’ Worth of Emissions by Slowing Down

August 23, 2018 By Census Team

By Morgan “Morganism” Fleming and Sarah “Picky” Williamson How can we eliminate 4,000 Burners’ worth of greenhouse gas emissions by barely doing ...Read More

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September is Census Month: Prepare to Be Counted!

August 9, 2018 By Census Team

BRC Census volunteers are a busy bunch at this time of year! 2017 results have been published and our attention ...Read More

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Black Rock City Census Releases 2017 Population Data

May 23, 2018 By Census Team

Black Rock City Census data collected during the 2017 Burn is now available online for everyone to enjoy. Perhaps you ...Read More

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A Ritual Listicle, or Why You Should Stop What You’re Doing and Complete Your Census Survey

October 18, 2017 By Census Team

If you haven’t already participated in the 2017 Black Rock City Census online survey, you're about to run out of ...Read More

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Join the Census Team and Take Part in the Ritual of “Working Man”

August 15, 2017 By Census Team

By Moonbeams The Aluminet is “Out for Delivery.” The final yard of tulle on your tutu is sewn. The last ...Read More

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Losing My Non-Religion: Chronicle of an Emerging Sacrament Among Native Burning Nerds

May 17, 2017 By Census Team

By S. Megan Heller, BRC Census Researcher / Manager 2004-2015 (with a shit load of help from Picky!) Like ...Read More

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2016 Black Rock City Census Data Released

April 4, 2017 By Census Team

If you are reading this, there’s a good chance you consider yourself “a Burner.” Maybe you’re in the 4% of ...Read More

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Who Are the Census Researchers, and What Are They Studying This Year?

February 21, 2017 By Census Team

If you’ve been following the Census team’s Journal posts, you know filling out your annual post-Burn Census is critical to ...Read More

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Why Should You Fill Out Your BRC Census? Because It Matters

October 11, 2016 By Census Team

By Laura “Dr. Daneosaur” Dane, Dana “DV8” DeVaul, Sarah “Picky” Williamson Hopefully, by now, you’ve seen the Black Rock City ...Read More

The Ten Principles

Play and Possibility: Organic Racial Contact at Burning Man

June 24, 2016 By Census Team

By Vernon L. “Uncle Vern” Andrews At the turn of the last century, W.E.B. Du Bois wrote that the problem ...Read More