Milk & Cookies with Strangers
Published on Jan 05, 2016
What we can learn about community-building from Burning Man, an ignite talk for ALA Annual Conference. 2015.
MORE DECKS TO EXPLORE
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
MILK & COOKIES
with Strangers
Photo by Lisa Bunker.
DAWN ON THE PLAYA
Photo by Janet K. Miller.
DAWN ON THE PLAYA
We've been brewing up fermented treats for you. Come visit the Pickle Me Elmo crew at our Gypsy Wagon in Silicon Village and share in our kimchi and various types of sauerkraut. A great cure for the heat or last night's over indulgence. A delicious and healthy mid day snack. And look for us cruising the playa as our own Elmo drags his gypsy wagon across the desert to bring you respite, a ride and a bit of something crunchy.
Photo by Janet K. Miller.
Photo by Janet K. Miller.
GIFTING, DECOMMODIFICATION
TEN PRINCIPLES
Gifting
Burning Man is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value.
Decommodification
In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for participatory experience.
Photo by Janet K. Miller.
Burning Man is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value.
Decommodification
In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for participatory experience.
Photo by Janet K. Miller.
LEAVE NO TRACE
TEN PRINCIPLES
Participation
Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.
Immediacy
Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.
Photo by Lisa Bunker.
Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.
Immediacy
Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.
Photo by Lisa Bunker.
RADICAL SELF RELIANCE
TEN PRINCIPLES
Radical Self-reliance
Burning Man encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on his or her inner resources.
Photo by Lisa Bunker.
Burning Man encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on his or her inner resources.
Photo by Lisa Bunker.
COMMUNAL EFFORT
TEN PRINCIPLES
Communal Effort
Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. We strive to produce, promote and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that support such interaction.
Photo by Lisa Bunker.
Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. We strive to produce, promote and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that support such interaction.
Photo by Lisa Bunker.
RADICAL SELF EXPRESSION
TEN PRINCIPLES
Radical Self-expression
Radical self-expression arises from the unique gifts of the individual. No one other than the individual or a collaborating group can determine its content. It is offered as a gift to others. In this spirit, the giver should respect the rights and liberties of the recipient.
Photo by Lisa Bunker.
Radical self-expression arises from the unique gifts of the individual. No one other than the individual or a collaborating group can determine its content. It is offered as a gift to others. In this spirit, the giver should respect the rights and liberties of the recipient.
Photo by Lisa Bunker.
RADICAL INCLUSION
TEN PRINCIPLES
"Radical Inclusion
Anyone may be a part of Burning Man. We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community."
Photo by Lisa Bunker.
Anyone may be a part of Burning Man. We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community."
Photo by Lisa Bunker.
CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY
TEN PRINCIPLES
Civic Responsibility
We value civil society. Community members who organize events should assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavor to communicate civic responsibilities to participants. They must also assume responsibility for conducting events in accordance with local, state and federal laws.
Photo by Lisa Bunker.
We value civil society. Community members who organize events should assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavor to communicate civic responsibilities to participants. They must also assume responsibility for conducting events in accordance with local, state and federal laws.
Photo by Lisa Bunker.
PARTICIPATION, IMMEDIACY
TEN PRINCIPLES
Participation
Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.
Immediacy
Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.
Photo by Lisa Bunker.
Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.
Immediacy
Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.
Photo by Lisa Bunker.
JANET MILLER
We've been brewing up fermented treats for you. Come visit the Pickle Me Elmo crew at our Gypsy Wagon in Silicon Village and share in our kimchi and various types of sauerkraut. A great cure for the heat or last night's over indulgence. A delicious and healthy mid day snack. And look for us cruising the playa as our own Elmo drags his gypsy wagon across the desert to bring you respite, a ride and a bit of something crunchy.
Photo by Janet K. Miller.
Photo by Janet K. Miller.
Untitled Slide
Photo by Janet K. Miller.
cRACK NUTS WITH STRANGERS
Photo by Janet K. Miller.
ANALOG READING HOUR (& COLORING BOOKS)
Photo by Janet K. Miller.
ASK THE PUBLIC TO HELP WITH CHORES (SEED SORTING)
Participation
Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.
Immediacy
Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.
Photo by Lisa Bunker.
Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.
Immediacy
Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.
Photo by Lisa Bunker.
SEED SORTING "HOOTENANY"
Photo by Janet K. Miller.
POP UP LIBRARIES USING BOOKBIKE (HERE, AT FARMER'S MKT)
Photo by Janet K. Miller.
SHOW UP AS THE LIBRARY, BUT IN COSTUME
Participation
Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.
Immediacy
Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.
Photo by Lisa Bunker.
Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.
Immediacy
Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.
Photo by Lisa Bunker.
THANK YOU!
LISA BUNKER @MUTABILIS & @PIMALIBRARY
