Psychogeography
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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).
The precise origins of psychogeography are unknown but today it is practised in Europe, America & India, formally in groups or associations, sometimes consisting of just one member. Known groups, some of whom are still operating, include:
- Providence Initiative for Psychogeographic Studies
- Manchester Area Psychogeographic
- Nottingham Psychogeographical Unit
- Greenwich Psychogeographical Order
- London Psychogeographical Association
- evoL PsychogeogrAphix
- New York Psychogeographical Association
- The Washington Psychogeography Association
- Brooklyn Psychogeographical Association
- Virtual Psychogeographical Association
- Glowlab
- Desborough Hundred Psychogeographical Society
- AlgoMantra (http://algomantra.blogspot.com)
Disagreements have led 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.
In May, 2003, psychogeographers gathered in New York for the first Psy-Geo-Conflux, an annual event dedicated to current artistic and social investigations in psychogeography. This was timed to coincide with a Talk:Cartographic Congress in Limehouse, London. The event was held again in May, 2004.
See also: Situationists, Lettrists
Writers
- Luther Blissett
- Stewart Home
- Members of the Situationist International
- wilfried Hou Je Bek
- Rohit Gupta
External links
- http://www.unpopular.org.uk/lpa/organisations/lpa.html
- http://psychogeography.org.uk
- http://socialfiction.org
- Glowlab's online psychogeography forum (http://www.glowlab.com/forum/)
- Manchester Area Psychogeographic http://map.twentythree.us
- Psychogeography.net (http://www.psychogeography.net)
- http://remappinghighwycombe.blogspot.com
- http://pml.trollprod.com
- http://www.pipsworks.com/contact/provflux.html
- Toronto Psychogeography Society http://www.psychogeography.ca/blogde:Psychogeographie