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2020 Diversity + Radical Inclusion Town Hall: What We Heard and What We’re Doing

February 26, 2021 By Bryant Tan

Written on behalf of the R.I.D.E. Stewardship Group Last October, Burning Man Project held our very first Diversity & Radical Inclusion Town Hall. We were thrilled to see over 500 ...Read More

Serious Stuff

Burning Man should treat “Academia” the way it does “Commercialization”

February 26, 2013 By Caveat Magister

UPDATED AT BOTTOM The academics have come to Burning Man. They’re through the gates. They’ve always been here, actually: but ...Read More

Serious Stuff

Why does Burning Man have no literary culture?

January 22, 2013 By Caveat Magister

John Curley once wrote that many of the world’s greatest photographers come from around the globe specifically to take ...Read More

Serious Stuff

Thoughts about being an asshole at Burning Man

January 14, 2013 By Caveat Magister

After I read the paper Moze wrote about the development of the Temple and what it means, my first thought ...Read More

Serious Stuff

Cargo Cult is a daring – and dangerous – theme. Get it right.

December 14, 2012 By Caveat Magister

I belong to a large but informal group of Burners whose unofficial motto is: “Fuck the theme.” We came to ...Read More

Serious Stuff

How many theme camps can dance on the head of a Burning Man ticket?

November 19, 2012 By Caveat Magister

Have you come up with a theory about how Burning Man should handle ticket sales yet? ...Read More

Serious Stuff

Does Burning Man have a favorite economist?

October 31, 2012 By Caveat Magister

A recent discussion I was having about the future of Burning Man raised the question: “is it really part of ...Read More

Serious Stuff

Predicting Burning Man’s future … in headlines

October 17, 2012 By Caveat Magister

The title of Adam Rothstein’s essay about the Burning Man experience is “Burning Man is Grey.” You and I might ...Read More

Serious Stuff

Opera de la Playa

September 14, 2012 By Jennifer Raiser

[Jennifer Raiser is an avid long-time Burner, Burning Man Project board member, theme camp leader, and Black Rock Ranger. Her ...Read More

Shenanigans

Corrections from Burning Man 2012

September 12, 2012 By Caveat Magister

In an attempt to keep our community informed, I am correcting some of the more egregious errors I propagated at ...Read More