Exciting news: We have collected for the first time in human history comparative stories from the three largest transformative festivals: BOOM, Ozora and Burning Man. Analysis and more info cooking for the autumn
Burning Stories sub-project, Story Sharing Cubes, continued collecting participant stories from festivals. Currently we have data from nice transformational events between 2018 - 2022. It is demanding field work with a rather open
The first pilot pyramid of the Burning Stories´project Lux in Fabula was built to Mitäs Mitäs - festival during July 2022.
The aim was, firstly, to explore the possibilities how to build
Hilda Ruijs from Aalto University's School of Design recently completed her
master thesis on new Story Sharing Cube design that we would love to pilot in
future transformational events to collect more data.
Interested in urban planning and participatory / burner cultures? Karoliina
Jarenko from Burning Stories co-authored this article as part of her PhD. Its a
multiple case study where one case is the lovely Nordic
Burning Stories has always been about combining science and arts, in an
explorative way to bring out the unknown from the beautiful stories from the
communities. Why we do this, blend science and
New publication, a field report, co-written between Terje Toomistu and
Jukka-Pekka Heikkilä is published at the leading electronic music culture
journal Dancecult. From Terje:
If you attended Burning Man 2019, you might have
A podcast
[https://burning-man-live.simplecast.com/episodes/dr-heikkila-and-the-science-of-participatory-culture]
diving into participatory cultures with Stuart Mangrum and Andie Grace from
Burning Man Live [https://burningman.org/live/] is out to bring some nerdy news
We explore how psychological safety—a team’s shared experience that it is safe
to take inter-personal risks—is possible in temporary selfmanaging
organisations. Our case study findings from Space on Fire
[https:
Wish to get inspired while planning future burns? To support you, we are sharing
anonymous stories that were collected from three events (Borderland 07/2019,
Burning Man 08/2019 and Zum Brennenden Bären