I enjoyed your paper, I do think sociologically Burning Man is a new sort of animal evolving as it goes. An aggregate community of interest. In many ways the participates don't have a lot in common other than Burning Man and I think that is it's greatest strength and what I find most interesting ab...

I bet you got a good grade on it then. It's well written. And for what it is that's what counts, right? Thanks for sharing. =) Gosh I don't even remember. I'm pretty sure I got an A for the class. My presentation was much more interesting because I included pictures and videos. That's really what s...

Thanks for the feedback Tony, I appreciate it. I did write this for a class while I was in school, but I'm not working towards my PhD at the moment. I finished about a year and a half ago. I just thought it'd be nice to introduce a slightly different way of looking at Burningman.

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Thanks for the support...

So did anybody actually read my article? Seems like this discussion went off on a tangent.

I attended Burningman back in 2001 and truely had the time of my life. Unfortunately I haven't had the means to return since then, but it'll be in my heart forever. In light of the recent event, I dug up an article I wrote a couple years ago analyzing the culture. I thought I'd share it here: http:/...