Psychogeography definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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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 '.

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Lapointe had become fascinated by psychogeography, the brainchild of Guy DeBord, who had developed the philosophy of ‘flaneurism’ or the art of dérive . — InterzoneScienceFictionandFantasyMagazine#211
Rhapsody, psychogeography, urban valentine, freak show, mindwalk and many other things,
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 '. — London Review of Books
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. — FreeNYC Daily Events
This weekend Glowlab takes over New York City with Conflux 2008, their "annual New York City festival for contemporary psychogeography." — FreeNYC Daily Events