Lessons for creative cities from Burning Man: How organizations can sustain and disseminate a creative context

City, Culture and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-100

  Chen, Katherine K ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Burning Man; Creativity; Dissemination; Inclusion; Organization; Participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960836120     PISSN: 18779166     EISSN: 18779174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccs.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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