My next talk is Thur., April 15, 2010, 4:30-5:30pm EST, “Enabling Creative Chaos: Inside Burning Man” talk at the Willard Smith Library, Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. I will also be visiting several classes.
Next “author meets critic” session Sun., April 11, 2010, 10:15-11:45am
The next “Author Meets Critics” session about my book will be Sun., April 11, 2010, 10:15-11:45am at the Pacific Sociological Association annual meeting in Marriott Oakland City Center, Oakland, CA. The room location is 201. Critics are Michael McQuarrie (UCDavis) and Jeff Sallaz (UArizona).
“Author meets critics” session is this Fri., March 19, 1:45-3:15pm in Boston, MA – room location update
My first “author meets critics” session is this Fri., March 19, 1:45-3:15pm at the Eastern Sociological Society annual conference at Boston Park Plaza hotel, 50 Park Plaza at Arlington St. Boston, MA 02116. The talk is on the fourth floor in the “Franklin Room.” Critics are David Grazian (UPenn), Carmen Sirianni (Brandeis), and Debra Minkoff (Barnard College). Presider is Robin Leidner (UPenn).
Thur., Nov. 19th conference talk in Cleveland, OH
This Thur. 11/19/09 sometime between 3:15-4:45pm EST, I will be giving a short presentation, called “Laboring for the Man: Augmenting Authority in a Voluntary Association,” on the “Values, Culture, and Voice” panel at the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) conference. The conference meets at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio. The talk will be in the “Severance” room.
On a different topic, for those of you who get the Stanford alumni magazine, see p. 77 of this month’s issue. My alma mater has also featured my book at this link.
Upcoming talks scheduled for fall 2009 and spring 2010: UPDATED
Fri., Oct 9, 2009, noon PST (the same weekend as Decompression!). Talk and discussion at Hubble Conference room at The Hub coworking space
The Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704. More info here.
Fri., Oct 9, 2009, 7:30pm PST. Talk and discussion at PariSoMa Coworking space, 1436 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94105. Doors open at 7:30pm. RSVP at http://burningbookbash.eventbrite.com/.
I will also be at Decompression on Sun., Oct 11, 2009 in San Francisco.
Thur., Nov. 11, 2009, 4pm EST. “Sustainable Communities: Enabling Creative Chaos at Burning Man” talk at the Wang Center, SUNY-Stony Brook in Long Island, New York.
Thur., Nov. 19, 2009, 3pm EST. Short presentation of “Laboring for the Man: Augmenting Authority in a Voluntary Association” on the “Values, Culture, and Voice” panel at Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) conference in Cleveland, Ohio.
Sometime during March 18-21, 2010, Author Meets Critics session at Eastern Sociological Society annual meeting at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers in Boston, MA.
Sometime during April 8-11, 2010, Author Meets Critics session at Pacific Sociological Association annual meeting in Oakland, CA.
Other talks TBA. You can also keep track of talks via the Enabling Creative Chaos: The Organization Behind the Burning Man Event facebook group page .
