Participate in BRC, The Theme Camp Loveland – a Case Study in Radical Rituals May 2, 2017 By Caveat Magister A guest post by Dragonfly and Jenny Bee, managers at Camp Loveland Loveland Village formed out of a collection of ...Read More
Rhymes with Burning Man, The Theme Decentralized Dance Party: A Case Study in Radical Rituals April 19, 2017 By Caveat Magister Editor's Note: Decentralized Dance Parties (DDPs) are brilliant in their simplicity. One person carries a low-power FM transmitter on his ...Read More
The Theme Is Going to Burning Man a Hero’s Journey? April 12, 2017 By Caveat Magister “There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had ...Read More
Shenanigans The “Crime Wave” at the GLC Was Exaggerated: There Is No Black Rock City Crime Syndicate April 11, 2017 By Caveat Magister Look, I’m not going to deny that something weird was going on at Burning Man's Global Leadership Conference (GLC). I ...Read More
Regionals, Serious Stuff This Is What a Real Diversity Conversation Looks Like April 10, 2017 By Caveat Magister Sometimes a moment that nobody plans for crystalizes the truth of an issue better than any prepared remarks ever could. ...Read More
The Theme The Connection Between Ritual, Art, and Play March 29, 2017 By Caveat Magister UCLA Anthropologist Dr. Megan Heller studies play — how we do it, why we do it, what impact is has — ...Read More
The Theme How Rituals Help Us Navigate the World — and Our Psyches March 23, 2017 By Caveat Magister Ritual, Dr. Tanya Luhrmann says, is the way we connect the world as it ought to be with the world ...Read More
BRC Art, Global Art “Burning Man Art” Is Now Everywhere – but What Is It? March 22, 2017 By Caveat Magister The best way - maybe the only authentic way - to appreciate the art of Burning Man is to be ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burning Man’s Relationship to Politics in a Time of Activism February 8, 2017 By Caveat Magister Let’s not kid ourselves. You love Burning Man, but lately you’ve been asking yourself: “Is this important?” “In a world ...Read More
The Theme Why Ritual is Relevant February 6, 2017 By Caveat Magister If the crisis of Western Culture could be reduced to a bumper sticker, it might be this one: “Nietzsche Was ...Read More