Transcript Slide 1

Before you start hand teacher:
Rubric with name and number on it.
 Printed Powerpoint slides as handout.
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- Works Cited is on a slide.
- Slides can be printed black and white
- Pre-planned and timed comments in notes
section, also printed.
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2 website analysis forms, fully filled out.
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Matter Out of Place at Burning Man-
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By Angie Scioli
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Time this slide to advance after 5-7
seconds.
NOTE:
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The five previous pictures were timed to 20
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The following slides are not timed.
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I am modeling all three theoretical
perspectives just so you can see how all
three work.
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You will only do one.
Symbolic Interactionism
Burning Man is about creating a new
reality based on specific values (radical
self reliance, radical self expression,
environmentalism).
 If they trashed the desert, that would
compromise their claim.
 Trash comes to symbolize hypocrisy/
being a “poser” / inauthenticity.
 So, trash is a lot bigger than just trash.
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Conflict Theory
If there’s lots of trash left at Burning Man,
Black Rock Inc. will have to hire people to
clean it up.
 They want to maximize profits by cutting
costs.
 They capitalize on the idealism of the
Burners and convince them to do it for
free.
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Functionalism
Black Rock, Inc. has to get a permit to hold
the event each year from the Bureau of Land
Management.
 If they trash the place year after year, they
might be denied a permit.
 The “playa” is an essential element of
Burning Man and so they need to do
whatever is necessary to get the permit
renewed.
 If they do it themselves, it will decrease the
cost of the event and hopefully hold down
admission prices.
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Source #1 blog.burningman.com
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Is an expert “burner”,
has blogged since 2005
Not political or for
profit
Provides lots of links
Lots of facts
I trust this source
You can leave
comments
•Identified as “The
Hun” / “J.H.Fearless”
•She has a bias that is
pro-Burning Man / not
critical of Burning Man
Source #2 – same as earlier slide
with different source
Works Cited
Fearless, J.H.. "Voices of Burning
Man." Burning Man. N.p., 2 Oct. 2014. Web.
5 Mar. 2015.
"Leaving No Trace." Burning Man. N.p., 2
Oct. 2014. Web. 5 Mar. 2015.
<http://burningman.org/event/preparation/
leaving-no-trace/>.
Also cite your pictures . . . .