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Archive Home > 2010 > October > 26 > Burning Man’s a hot topic for academic researchers

Burning Man’s a hot topic for academic researchers

Scholars from sociologists to theologians find annual arts festival a rich trove of data

By Catherine Saillant / The Bulletin
October 26, 2010

BLACK ROCK DESERT, Nev. — Thousands of bare-chested women are riding bikes across the barren landscape of the Black Rock Desert outside Reno. They are being cheered on by crowds of enthusiastic, mostly male supporters.

“You’re beautiful!” shouts a tall, dreadlocked man in a pink tutu to Neko, a....

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