November, 2008

The Participation Culture and Learning from Burning Man


George Wiktor, THG’s senior producer, reports on what he learned from his recent visit to Burning Man: 

The bright glowing circle of fire spins in the darkness drawing me through the desert.   Nearing, I see a gathering of people watching, embers washing over them.  They stare into the circle of fire and sway to the rhythms of the nearby Art Car.  In the inferno, logs tumble through the Firewheel.  People dressed in orange coveralls tend the fire and spin the wheel.   It’s here that I finally make my connection with The Man.

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