26 Sept 2011

Defining Psychogeography

Seems as though this week we have to do two things ...

1. Research 'Psychogeography' - people that do it, the methods they employ and how this could inform our methodology for data collection + analysis in Fenton.

2. Research Fenton to pick up on interesting facts, points, observations which will re-inform our researched methodologies.

Bit of a definition to kick things off ... "Psychogeography was defined in 1955 by Guy Debord as "the study of the precise laws and specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behaviour of individuals." Another definition is "a whole toy box full of playful, inventive strategies for exploring cities...just about anything that takes pedestrians off their predictable paths and jolts them into a new awareness of the urban landscape."

I'm guessing the above definition is what we've got to do!

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