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[2] [3] According to some critics, it is particularly within the context of London that Self produces his most penetrating writing and ideas. [4] The title of the work refers to the tradition of psychogeography dating back to the Situationist International. Self's concept differs from its original form in a number of ways, however.
Self spent a year living in Ithaca in upstate New York. [14] Self's parents separated when he was nine, and divorced when he was 18. [18] Despite the intellectual encouragement given by his parents, he was an emotionally confused and self-destructive child, harming himself with cigarette ends and knives before beginning to use drugs. [19]
Psychogeography involves self published reports and maps, using the Situationist technique of detournement - using pre-found elements and subverting them. evoL PsychogeogrAphix 2003 Psychogeography is the exploration of urban environments that emphasizes interpersonal connections to places and arbitrary routes.
The concept of the dérive has its origins in the Letterist International, an avant-garde and Marxist collective based in Paris.The dérive was a critical tool for understanding and developing the theory of psychogeography, defined as the "specific effects of the geographical environment (whether consciously organized or not) on the emotions and behavior of individuals."
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