Psychogeography

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Template:Not verified Psychogeography is "The study of specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organised or not, on the emotions and behaviour of individuals", according to the article Preliminary Problems in Constructing a Situation, in Situationniste Internationale No. 1 (1958) .

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Development

Psychogeography was originally developed by the Lettrist International, as a hypergraphics in their system of unitary urbanism. The term has since been used by many others, leading to many variations in the practice which have included the following forms: Debordian; Literary; Generative or Algorithmic; and Quantum. Various factions claim to be or accuse each other of being: academic; occultist; avant-garde; proletarian; or revolutionary and pure psychogeographics.

During the 1980s and 90s while situationist theory became popular in academic circles, avant-garde, neoist and revolutionary groups emerged, developing the praxis in various ways. This interest survives today, manifested in several groups practising contemporary Psychogeography.

Psychogeography has since also become a standard device used in art and literature. Since 2003, Provflux and Psy-Geo-conflux (separate events) are dedicated to action-based participatory experiments, underneath the academic umbrella of Psychogeography.

The British jounalist Will Self has a column called Psychogeography which started out in the British Airways in-flight magazine and now appears weekly in the Saturday magazine of The Independent newspaper.

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Groups involved in Psychogeography

It is practised both experimentally and formally in groups or associations, sometimes consisting of just one member. Known groups, some of whom are still operating, include:

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Noted Psychogeographers

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See also

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Reading List

  • Debord, Guy (editor). Guy Debord presente Potlatch (Paris: Folio, 1996).
  • Ford, Simon. The Situationist International: A User's Guide (London:Black Dog Publishing, 2005).
  • Mind Invaders: A Reader in Psychic Warfare, Cultural Sabotage And Semiotic Terrorism Ed. (Serpent's Tail London, 1997).
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