Enabling creative chaos [electronic resource] : the organization behind the Burning Man event / Katherine K. Chen.
Publication details: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009.Description: xii, 240 p., [12] p. of plates : $b ill. ; $c 23 cmISBN:- 9780226102375 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780226102382 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0226102378 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226102386 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 394.2509793/54 22
- NX510.N32 B6335 2009eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the perils of under- and overorganizing -- Context: the development of the Burning Man event and organization -- Reflexive organizing: incorporating suggestions and criticisms -- Radical inclusion: attracting and placing members -- No spectators: motivating members to contribute -- Managing relations in the pursuit of legitimacy -- Conclusion: sustaining creative chaos -- Appendix 1. Ethnography and qualitative research -- Appendix 2. Interview protocols.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.