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'Camping' ist der sinnlich-intellektuell-pragmatische Versuch Verena Andrea Prenners, den Lebens-Unzustand Flüchtlichslager künstlerisch zu begreifen und uns alle zu Komplizen ihrer gesellschaftspolitischen Untersuchung zu machen. Nach ihrem Studium der Soziologie zog es Verena Prenner in den Nahen Osten. Zunächst in Tel Aviv lebend und später in einem palästinensischen Flüchtlingslager, wo sie soziologische Feldforschungen und inszenierte Fotografieprojekte realisierte. Von den Auswirkungen des Baus der israelischen Sicherheitsmauer auf die Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen palästinensischer Taxifahrer bis hin zur Flüchtlingscamp-Gesellschaft.

Organized camping has shown phenomenal growth in the 20th cent & has achieved recognition for its educ'al values by voluntary agencies, religious groups, Sch's, & public agencies. In our society, in which the working life is increasingly divorced from the soil, camping is of special value in re-establishing contact & familiarity with the out-of-doors. Day camping, church- camping, & camping for children with special needs have grown especially rapidly in recent yrs; & gov'al agencies have increased their participation. Camp programs are vitally concerned with the welfare of individual campers & their adjustment to a democratic society. AAAPSS.

Organized camping has shown phenomenal growth in the twentieth century and has achieved recognition for its educational values by voluntary agencies, religious groups, schools, and public agencies. In our society, in which the working life is increasingly divorced from the soil, camping is of special value in re-establishing contact and familiarity with the out-of-doors. Day camping, church camping, and camping for children with special needs have grown especially rapidly in recent years; and governmental agencies have increased their participation. Camp programs are vitally concerned with the welfare of individual campers and their adjustment to a democratic society.

Young likens camping to a pilgrimage to nature but notes that, after more than a century of increasing popularity, the number of campers is declining. Although camping remains among the top five outdoor recreations in the United States, the rate of participation by Americans sixteen and older is down from its peak in the late 1990s. Automobile, trailer, and motorhome camping at developed locations and at primitive"locations has decreased approximately 7 percent overall. He argues this is due to modern camping, with its gadgets and more comfortable accommodations, not offering a meaningful break from everyday life, and also to efforts to rewild cities so that urban dwellers no longer need to escape to find nature.