Enabling creative chaos : the organization behind the Burning Man event

Author/Creator:

Chen, Katherine Kang-Ning

Publication/Creation:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Enabling creative chaos : the organization behind the Burning Man event / Katherine K. Chen

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Black Rock City, LLC--Management
Burning Man (Festival)--Management
Art festivals--Nevada--Management

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction: the perils of under- and overorganizing -- Context: the development of the Burning Man event and organization -- "Do-ocracy" : acting on suggestions and criticisms -- Radical inclusion: attracting and placing members -- "No spectators": motivating members to contribute -- "immerse yourself": managing relations in the pursuit of legitimacy -- Conclusion: sustaining creative chaos.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xii, 240 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990024295470302486

ISBN:

0226102378 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226102386 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226102375 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226102382 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC Number:

315238112

Barcode:

010001316782