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Derive and Psycogeography
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Hey all -

This lengthy scholarly article goes into detail about the frame of thinking known as derive. Slightly philosophical and cultural, it sort of ties in to the last article I posted about revisualizing our urban spaces. I believe its tennants to an extent (creative use of situations and environment) could apply to parkour. Though dry, it does go into some pretty interesting points about the media and our urban environments impact on the creativity and emotions of people. The situationists are the ones who started this movement, this document provides the history as well as some mor...

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Posted by RoryO on Wednesday 06 August 2008 - 10:00:12

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