{"id":156,"date":"2015-01-22T04:10:32","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T04:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tananburn.me\/blog\/?page_id=156"},"modified":"2015-03-16T14:58:34","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T14:58:34","slug":"decommodification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tananburn.me\/blog\/faq-2\/decommodification\/","title":{"rendered":"Decommodification?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Decommodification<\/b><\/span>?\u00a0 Isn’t that Commie bullshit?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Decommodification is the idea that Burning Man can somehow exist as a commerce-free zone, though that may be taking an over simplified view of Commodification.\u00a0 Commodification exists in many forms.\u00a0 The most simplistic is the exchange of money for goods or services.\u00a0 A more subtle form of commodification occurs when people ask each other what they do for a living; which is really a way of establishing social pecking order.\u00a0 For example, when The Matron holds court, everyone is asked to introduce themselves by name and accomplishments; thereby allowing everyone to commodify each other and decide who’s opinion they should listen to and who they can snub.<\/p>\n

Sticking to Burning Man’s more simplistic definition of Decommodification<\/span>, no on-site commerce, we have established a few workarounds that protect the camp and our guests from social faux pas such as pulling out a wad of hundred dollar bills at the bar.<\/p>\n

Camp dues are paid before Burning Man.\u00a0 Off-playa, and preferably off-books.<\/p>\n

There are certain above and beyond expenses that may be incurred while participating in the camp.\u00a0 You do not pay for these on-site, but they are noted<\/em> and payment is expected within three days of your return to the default world<\/em>.\u00a0 When prompted, simply acknowledge the additional charge with your Apple Watch<\/a>, and continue your transcendence.<\/p>\n

While some burners may object to this, it is no different that calling your buddy Chaz and telling him that if he loads a case of Dom into his chopper you’ll gladly pay him after The Burn.\u00a0 It is also no different than the BMORG approved decommodification<\/span> avoidance technique<\/em> of purchasing sanitation vouchers<\/em> pre-event that are handed over when having black water tanks pumped.\u00a0 BMORG has established protocols for avoiding conflict with the Ten Principles<\/a>, and we are extrapolating those techniques to cover other essential services such as Cetacean Sashimi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Decommodification?\u00a0 Isn’t that Commie bullshit?” Decommodification is the idea that Burning Man can somehow exist as a commerce-free zone, though that may be taking an over simplified view of Commodification.\u00a0 Commodification exists in many forms.\u00a0 The most simplistic is the exchange of money for goods or services.\u00a0 A more subtle form of commodification occurs when … Continue reading Decommodification?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":140,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[14,3,4,5,13,12],"class_list":["post-156","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-bm2015","tag-burningman","tag-caravancicle","tag-mirror-mirror","tag-ousttananbaum","tag-wtf"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5ylUo-2w","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tananburn.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tananburn.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tananburn.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tananburn.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tananburn.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.tananburn.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277,"href":"https:\/\/www.tananburn.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156\/revisions\/277"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tananburn.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tananburn.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tananburn.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}