BarCamp’s framing as authentic hinged on excluding profit motives

Evidence

The “camp” metaphor suggests rugged informality and collectiveness, a back-to-basics approach that contrasts with the modernity of technology. BarCamp is constructed as an authentic space where the ideals of collectivity can flourish without the infiltration of profit motives. The BarCamp format has proven immensely popular and has been used for hundreds of conferences worldwide; in 2009, there were more than 450 BarCamps in sixty-seven countries. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 162

Categorization

• XREF: Relates to the reader’s working topic on how authenticity claims are constructed and policed in self-branding culture. — connects to: Self-branding exercises frame profit-seeking as the discovery of an authentic self. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 496
• SEED: Angle: the ‘unconference’ as an early template for how authenticity gets performed and monetized later in influencer culture.

Broader Connections

• Self-branding exercises frame profit-seeking as the discovery of an authentic self. #contradicts (0.85) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 496