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by Katherine K. Chen

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In the summer of 2008, nearly fifty thousand people traveled to Nevada's Black Rock Desert to participate in the countercultural arts event Burning Man. Founded on a commitment to expression and community, the annual weeklong festival presents unique challenges to its organizers. Over four years Katherine K. Chen regularly participated in organizing efforts to safely and successfully create a temporary community in the middle of the desert under the hot August sun.

Enabling Creative Chaos tracks how a small, underfunded group of organizers transformed into an unconventional corporation with a ten-million-dollar budget and two thousand volunteers. Over the years, Burning Man's organizers have experimented with different management models; learned how to recruit, motivate, and retain volunteers; and developed strategies to handle regulatory agencies and respond to media coverage. This remarkable evolution, Chen reveals, offers important lessons for managers in any organization, particularly in uncertain times.

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  • Title Enabling Creative Chaos: The Organization Behind the Burning Man Event
  • Author Katherine K. Chen
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press
  • Publication date 2009-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780226102375 / 0226102378
  • Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.03 cm)
  • Category Business / Economics / Finance
  • Library of Congress subjects Black Rock City, LLC - Management, Art festivals - Nevada - Management
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009009143
  • Dewey Decimal Code 394.250

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  • Chronicle of Higher Education, 09/25/2009, Page 20

About the author

Katherine K. Chen is assistant professor of sociology at The City College of New York and the Graduate Center, City University of New York.
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