Decommodifying Permission: Participation vs. Commodification
Since I started this series, I’ve gotten a few messages from people saying (more or less): “YES, I want to be part of a decommodified culture! But also, I need ...Read More
Theme Camp Dues & Don’ts
The concept of a Theme Camp can be bewildering to someone who has never been to Burning Man. Deciding if ...Read More
PSA: How Do I Find My Friends at Burning Man?
It's tough out there in the desert. You need your besties watching your back! But what if you can't find ...Read More
Laughing at Ourselves: introducing “Harvey’s Law”
Arizona Burner "Admiral Fiesta" came up with the following formal observations, which I thought were too funny not to share. ...Read More
Writers of Burning Man, Unite!
Does Burning Man have a literary culture, at all? The answer is no. But by this time next year – ...Read More
Art and Whimsy are renewable resources
Where’d all the fun people go? A recent San Francisco newspaper article was ostensibly about a book – the newly ...Read More
A reading list inspired by, but not about, Burning Man
A few weeks ago a call went out on the Burning Nerds list: ideas for books and articles that aren’t ...Read More
Burning rituals for our digital world
For the past few weeks I’ve been struggling with something Chip Conley said at Burning Man’s Global Leadership Conference. (You ...Read More
We’re no better than anybody else, you jackass
The session on “outreach to subcultures” at the Global Leadership Conference was winding down when the Kid-Who-Cares-More-Than-You in the front ...Read More
The 10 Principles – as we really live them
This "adjusted" list of the 10 Principles of Burning Man was written by Melinda Green for the 2012 Boston-area regional, ...Read More