Instructions

you should read the following link (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man) and then watch these 2 videos in their listed order:

RT's Documentary on Burning Man (run time 51 min)
http://youtu.be/H0NdVn2O1WY

Charlie Rose Interviews Burning Man Founder Larry Harvey (run time 24 min)
http://youtu.be/x54s_G0NYG8

Question

Burning Man has been described as a communal religious experience by those who attend. Despite the enormous obstacle of getting there, and remaining in a desert climate for a full week, it keeps growing year after year and now attracts a large number of Australian tourists. Burning man is based on the seemingly contradictory principles of "radical self reliance" and "radical inclusion" and is a great self-organizing natural experiment for economists to study.

For this quiz you need to compare & contrast Burning Man to the Second Great Awakening's Revival Camps (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Great_Awakening) in less than 500 words.

An example point of comparison is the human needs each fulfilled and what social institutions those are tied to. A point of contrast could be the activities that took place at each. These are only examples and you are free to compare/contrast them anyway you choose.