Psychogeography

bobulate:

Defined in 1955, psychogeography is:

“The study of the precise laws and specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behavior of individuals.” [Or] “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.”

Desire lines, are one common example, but see this extraordinary hand-drawn map of London as another.

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must work on this subject again someday.