Camp Nomadia 2009
So we had this idea.. a Burning Man Theme Camp for nomads!
A place where we take the ‘Welcome Home!’ greeting to a whole other level. A neighborhood of folks who are just passing through Burning Man as part of their normal traveling lifestyle, and not as a break from fixed life in one location.
Our vision is to camp and interact with other cool nomadic spirits, share stories, resources, share our passion for our chosen lifestyles, inspire, learn and make connections for future rendezvouses.
Read more about Camp Nomadia on Digital Nomads!
We welcome current nomads, future nomads, former nomads, wanna be nomads, part time nomads, domestic nomads, international nomads, technomads, digital nomads, lowtechnomads, photonomads, RVing nomads, hitchhiking nomads, land nomads, bicyling nomads, running nomads, walking nomads, amtrekkers, backpackers, flashpackers, vagabonds, NuRVers, water nomads, folks who want to host nomads or folks who just want to be around nomads (yes, bring your non-nomadic friends too!).
Burning Man veterans and virgins alike!
Camp Nomadia 2009 was a HUGE Success. Read all about it!
Join us for Camp Nomadia Events
These are the events we hosted in 2009. Except more in 2010!
At the Main Camp Nomadia @ Pandora’s
Location: 6:00 & DNA in Pandora’s Lounge
| Day | Time | Event | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | 4-6pm | Nomadic Happy Hour | Casual mix and mingle with nomads from across the playa. Bring food or beverage to share, and prepare to inspire and be inspired! |
| Thursday | 3-4pm | Technomadic Lifestyle Workshop | The technomads, Chris (Seeder) and Cherie (Serolynne), will present on how to live, work and play full time on the road. From picking your ideal mobile arsenal, finding location independent professions to the logistics of handling taxes, mail and more. Stick around afterwards for Q&A and Nomadic Happy Hour… |
| Thursday | 4-6pm | Nomadic Happy Hour | Casual mix and mingle with nomads from across the playa. Bring food or beverage to share, and prepare to inspire and be inspired! Join us afterwards for the Roads Scholarship Graduation Ceremony, where we’ll welcome new digital vagabonds! |
| Saturday | 3-6pm | Nomadic Happy Hour | *** Due to Popular Demand after our Technomadic Lifestyle Workshop, we will host a ‘Ask a Technomad’ Q&A session prior to Nomadic Happy Hour from 3-4pm.
Casual mix and mingle with nomads from across the playa. Bring food or beverage to share, and prepare to inspire and be inspired! |
At the Camp Nomadia Annex
Location: 6 & G – look for the ‘Digital Vagabond’ motorhome on the corner
| Day | Time | Event | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | Twilight | Evolution Cinema | Pat, the Digital Vagabond, will be hosting a viewing of cult classics that question our evolution as humans and we are honored to present a new and challenging movie. On tap are: Humanity Ascending, Fierce Light, Zeitgeist and Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance. Look for Pat’s motorhome in the Camp Nomadia Annex, he’ll be screening these films there. |
| Thursday | 7-8pm | Roads Scholars Graduation Party | This year four talented writers were awarded “Roads Scholarships” to road trip North America this summer and share their journey online at Matador Travel.com and DigitalVagabonding.com. Their road trips converge at Burning Man where they will “graduate” as full fledged Digital Vagabonds. All vagabonds and nomads are invited to come meet the class of 2009 and party with the digital vagabond tribe. |
Interested in camping with us? Here’s the scoop…
Nomads at Nomadic Happy Hour in 2009
We hosted Camp Nomadia for the first time in 2008 as a placed theme camp and had about 25 folks with us. In 2009 we had 70 folks camped with Camp Nomadia spread across two nearby locations – one within Pandora’s Fix-it Shoppe & Lounge, and one at an Annex nearby. It was awesome.
We are intending to host Camp Nomadia in 2010 again – however this year, we are NOT applying for pre-placement. We’re nomads afterall – the best equipped folks to arrive without firm address in mind. Instead, we’ll have a strategy to find our space to convene our neighborhood of nomads.
The intentions behind Camp Nomadia are:
Community through radical self-reliance. As many nomads travel with their home set-up and are used to being self-sufficient, Camp Nomadia itself does not have any infrastructure – no showers, no kitchen, no central trash, no water, etc. We nomads generally don’t have the resources to store and transport enough for an entire camp. We believe that community can be built without relaying on each other for our basic responsibilities on the playa.
Minimal camp fees. With no infrastructure to support, this should mean we have no camp fees. In 2009 however, we joined an existing camp to share their excellent placement and did have a small camp fee to share their infrastructure. We don’t know yet what 2010 will hold, and will involve all committed camp members in the process.
Interactivity. We want to create a space where nomads can share their passions with each other and the playa. We intent to host workshops, and perhaps create a nomad-compatible service. Bring your ideas, and let’s create this together!
Simplicity & Drama-free. Organizing a camp shouldn’t be stressful. By bringing together folks who are used to being self-reliant and adaptable all year round, we intend to work together to create our home on the playa by minimizing the infrastructure and pre-planning. Besides, we’ll organizing this camp completely online, and many of us will meet for the first when we arrive on the playa.
If you’re interested in joining Camp Nomadia, please fill out our application on Ning to join our planning community:
We also keep a FaceBook group for socializing and general announcements – all interested in Camp Nomadia are welcome on the Facebook group. But you must join and keep up with the Ning group to join the camp.
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