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The study expanded the tourism studies literature about the importance of consent on tourists’ experiences and further validates the applicability of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs as a measure for studying tourist motivation. In the end, the results of this study show that tourists who attend regional Burns find belonging and a space to explore identity and self expression. By all accounts, a culture of consent at these events heavily contributes to creating an environment where these experiences are possible. Consent takes into account the relational nature of interactions within communities and during leisure activities. As the participants in this study repeated and my own field experience showed, consent is deeply rooted in community. The culture of consent at Burns, whether enacted through formal training or through word of mouth and peer-led enforcement in the rest of the community, is in contrast to the rape culture of the everyday, or as Burners call it, “default” world. 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