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psychogeography

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  • noun The study of the effect of geographical factors on the mind or on behaviour

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  • The term psychogeography the drifts of debord is used alot these days but this captures its essence.

    Drift on Vimeo 2010

  • 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 2008

  • The author also steps, warily, into the realm of "psychogeography" -- a fuzzy postmodern theory derived from the ideas of "situationist" Guy Debord.

    Shoe-Leather Rhapsody 2008

  • Psy-Geo-Conflux 2003 marks the inauguration of an annual event dedicated to current artistic and social investigations in psychogeography.

    Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Psy-Geo-Flux/Geowanking 2003

  • The pretentious word for these enthusiasms is "psychogeography".

    Iain Sinclair: Banned by Labour, invited by Lib Dems 2008

  • The pretentious word for these enthusiasms is "psychogeography".

    Archive 2008-10-01 2008

  • What was "psychogeography" as distinct from geography as understood today?

    Gonzogeography LoopZilla 2008

  • What was "psychogeography" as distinct from geography as understood today?

    Archive 2008-05-01 LoopZilla 2008

  • 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.

    indieWIRE News 2010

  • 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.

    indieWIRE News 2010

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  • whichbe commented on the word psychogeography

    The study of the effect of geographical factors on the mind or on behaviour. (Wiktionary)

    June 10, 2008

  • martinxo commented on the word psychogeography

    Wondering through cities, making new maps of desires.

    June 10, 2009

  • vendingmachine commented on the word psychogeography

    "The term psychogeography was invented by the Marxist theorist Guy Debord in 1955. Inspired by the French nineteenth-century poet and writer Charles Baudelaire’s concept of the flâneur – an urban wanderer – Debord suggested playful and inventive ways of navigating the urban environment in order to examine its architecture and spaces.


    The reimagining of the city proposed by psychogeography has its roots in dadaism and surrealism, art movements which explored ways of unleashing the subconscious imagination. Tristam Hillier’s paintings such as La Route des Alpes 1937 could be described as an early example of the concept.

    Psychogeography gained popularity in the 1990s when artists, writers, and filmmakers such as Iain Sinclair and Patrick Keiller began using the idea to create works based on exploring locations by walking."

    -https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/p/psychogeography

    September 21, 2018