Opinion | Burning Man Journal

Why Does Burning Man Matter?

November 7, 2024 By Erica Blair

At first glance, Burning Man looks like a kaleidoscope of contradictions: an experiment in Radical Self-reliance built on a bedrock of collaboration and Communal Effort; a decommodified endeavor that takes ...Read More

Community During COVID, Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles

Trapped in The Multiverse — What Should a Digital Burning Man Be?

April 14, 2020 By Caveat Magister

The theme of “Multiverse” has, I think, been changed by the pandemic. Before, the Multiverse was something we aspired to ...Read More

Community During COVID, Serious Stuff

Have We Been Training for This?

April 2, 2020 By John "Halcyon" Styn

There are so many survival skills from taking part in the "Burning Man Immersion Learning Program" (a.k.a going to Black ...Read More

Community During COVID, Serious Stuff

Theme Camp Isolation Experiments: Week One

March 27, 2020 By Caveat Magister

Last week I wrote about the way in which we can carry Burning Man culture forward in a time of ...Read More

Community During COVID, Serious Stuff

Resilience Is Our Middle Name

March 25, 2020 By Mia Quagliarello and Kirsten Weisenburger

The coronavirus outbreak is unlike anything any of us have experienced in our lifetimes, but in a way, Burners seem ...Read More

Serious Stuff

Ties That Bind, Ties That Burn: Burning Man in the Age of Coronavirus

March 18, 2020 By Marian Goodell

Like you, we’ve been watching with alarm and growing dread as the coronavirus has spread around the globe. And this ...Read More

Serious Stuff

Diversity & Radical Inclusion: Ed Fletcher and the Good Medicine of Burning Man

February 13, 2020 By Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley

Ed Fletcher is a filmmaker, journalist, and the president of Sacramento Valley Spark, a nonprofit organization started in 2012 that ...Read More

Global Programming, Serious Stuff

What if “Burning Man Education” Is More About Relationships Than Training?

January 17, 2020 By Caveat Magister

This will probably be my last piece on Burning Man “education” for a while, as I think it’s the last ...Read More

Serious Stuff

Diversity & Radical Inclusion: Erin Douglas and the Black Burner Project

January 9, 2020 By Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley

Erin Douglas started Black Burner Project in 2018, a project that aims to spread awareness of the people of color ...Read More

Global Programming, Serious Stuff

Trust Your Team to Laugh: How “Burning Man Education” Works at Retreats and Symposiums

December 9, 2019 By Caveat Magister

In my first post about what "education" and "learning" means in Burning Man culture, I focused on the big questions ...Read More