A Toolkit for Doing It Right
“The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight.” – Theodore Roosevelt
In 2017, we launched Project Citizenship, a cross-departmental effort to address some problematic trends in Black Rock City and to emphasize the importance of participation.
The overarching theme is to nurture a sense of citizenship in the people who choose to go to Black Rock City, and in members of the global Burning Man Community. Citizenship is defined in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “the quality of an individual’s response to membership in a community.”
We’ve assembled this toolkit as go-to source for resources to help you acculturate yourself, your campmates, and people you know, so that Burning Man culture can thrive in the spaces, places, relationships, and communities we are each a part of.
Readings | Videos | Social Media | Other Links
Readings
2019 Update on Project Citizenship — Burning Man Journal
Cultural Course Correcting: Black Rock City 2019 — Burning Man Journal
(Non) Newsflash: Burning Man Is Not a Backdrop for Your Product — Burning Man Journal
I Am Not a Brand, Am I? — Burning Man Journal
How to take the Fyre Out of “Influencers” on Playa — Burning Man Journal
City of Dust — Governing
8 Ways to Make Your City More Like Burning Man — Governing
A Decommodified World: What We Can Learn From Burning Man — Deline
The Rise of Burning Man — The Washington Post
Burning Man Is Not a “Music Festival,” or Even a “Festival” — Burning Man Journal
Friends Don’t Let Friends Call Burning Man “a Festival” — Burning Man Journal
Greening Your Burn: Tips, Techniques and Tools — Earth Guardians
From the Desk of Charlie Dolman
Funny pre-event emails sent to participants
All Burning Man Journal posts about Project Citizenship
Consider Your Impact blogpost series
BRC Census 2013–2019 Population Analysis:
Videos
Social Media posts to share
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn4g3yvhajN/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmo7MPvhXXQ/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BmeVrcSBrsB/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BmOmmsyBi2X/
Other Links
Sexual Misconduct Awareness, Education and Prevention
John Curley’s Building Black Rock City
Reports from the field as Black Rock City gets built and torn down again each year since 2008.
Larry Harvey: The Mind Under the Hat
Regional Network: Find the Burning Man Near You