Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The study of the effect of geographical factors on the mind or on behaviour
Examples
“The term psychogeography the drifts of debord is used alot these days but this captures its essence.”
“While familiar with its tenants, the term psychogeography (the investigation of everyday urban life through emerging artistic, technological and social practice) was new to me.”
“The author also steps, warily, into the realm of "psychogeography" -- a fuzzy postmodern theory derived from the ideas of "situationist" Guy Debord.”
“Psy-Geo-Conflux 2003 marks the inauguration of an annual event dedicated to current artistic and social investigations in psychogeography.”
“The pretentious word for these enthusiasms is "psychogeography".”
“What was "psychogeography" as distinct from geography as understood today?”
“Tony wasn't afraid to reflect the reality of Yorkshire in the 70s and I was fascinated by the peculiar atmosphere of place; its "psychogeography", where events unfold in such a dark and brutal fashion.”
“Finally, the 'unitary urbanism' advanced by Constant developed two practices dear to the Lettrists and the Situationists alike: the dérive, defined in the SI journal as 'a transient passage through varied ambiances '; and' psychogeography ', defined as' the study of the specific effects of the geographical environment '.”
“It briefly falls flat, for example, when Reed makes reference to ‘psychogeography’, a loaded concept degraded through cultural overuse that, although undoubtedly inherent within the work, sounds inauthentic when actually named and nudged up against his own dream geographies.”
“It was made for a seminar I taught at the Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT University, which attempted to weave connections between mythogeography/psychogeography and Arakawa and Gins.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘psychogeography’.
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Ballardian
All things descriptive from JG
Ballardoperation mindfuck, pataphysics, wahrheitssensible..., polymorphism, postprandial, covalent, stygian, lucus a non lucendo, kafkaesque, leitmotif, fugacious, ablate and 77 more...
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graphs
lithograph, homograph, topography, psychogeography, typography, pictograph, polygraph, cinematography, stenographer, cartography, choreographer, oceanographer and 24 more...
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Lifehacking
Start with the effect, the what; signal-patch known-belief spirit. "Write my program, routine me." New cue vs brand loyalty. Ritual Ceremony Design Technologies, Inc.
confusion, misdirection, fractionation, disequilibrium, relaxation, repetition, impassioned, intensity, suddenly, shock, concentration, focus and 118 more...
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juv3nal's Words
ligature, hermeneutic, caduceus, prelapsarian, apophenia, pataphor, lipogram, epinephrine, ludic, samizdat, oulipo, oulipopo and 194 more...
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delightful descriptors
petrichor, omphaloskepsis, ouroboros, oneiric, flaneur, saunter, dishabituation, fractalization, eudemony, phosphorescence, holographic, umwelt and 136 more...
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The Collection
A somewhat discriminatory list of words and phrases collected for their euphonic or arcane appeal, interesting etymology, or concise definition of an otherwise unnamed phenomenon or concept.
ziggurat, neophilia, sucker punch, soporific, epoch, tundra, fiat, idiotproof, miscellany, metaphysics, cryptozoology, dysphoria and 850 more...
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solarider's Words
maelstrom, leviathan, apiology, deconstruction, confluence, minutiae, onomatopoeia, tardy, ad infintum, tocophobia, cuckold, oblique and 110 more...
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Words of Whimsy & Grace
abecedary, addendum, ampersand, anachronism, avuncular, balderdash, barnacle, befuddle, behemoth, bejeebers, blabbermouth, blatherskite and 465 more...
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Darqueau's list
banausic, nugatory, psychogeography, peripatetic, dérive, flâneur, banausos, brash, anarchy, dada, neo-plastic, potawatomi and 81 more...
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brave new world
words for our now
ninjabi, burkini, tigercam, mothership, cyborg, ims, expunge, psychogeography, trans, spectrum, zhe, hir and 2 more...
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Words for Geographers
Tweets
Looking for tweets for psychogeography.
martinxo Wondering through cities, making new maps of desires. Jun 10, 2009
whichbe The study of the effect of geographical factors on the mind or on behaviour. (Wiktionary) Jun 10, 2008