Below is a glossary article post in the category P which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Psychogeography based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Psychogeography
So, what is actually meant by Psychogeography?
Psychogeography illustrates the effects of geographical locations on individual emotions and behavior.
Explanation of Psychogeography
How do various places make us feel and behave? The term psychogeographic was discovered by Marxist Guy Debord theorist in 1955 to explore this. Inspired by the concept of poet and writer of the 19th century French Charles Baudelaire about Flâneur – A city wanderer – Debord suggested ways to be fun and inventory to navigate urban environments to examine architecture and space.
As a member of the founder of the Avant-Garde Situationist International movement, the international movement of artists, writers and poets that aim to break the obstacles between culture and daily life, Debord wants a revolutionary approach to architecture that is less functional and more open for exploration.
The rearrangement of the city proposed by Psychogeography is rooted in Badainism and surrealism, an art movement that explores ways to release the subconscious imagination. Tristam Hillier paintings such as La Route Des Alkes 1937 can be described as an initial example of a concept.
Psychogeography gained popularity in the 1990s when artists, writers, and filmmakers such as IAIN Sinclair and Patrick Keiller began to use ideas to make works based on location exploration by walking.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix P, as well as terms associated with P.
Meaning of Psychogeography in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Psychogeography.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Psikogeografi (Indonesian), Psychoography (Java), and Psikografiografi in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Psychogeography.
Closing
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix P. This article wasupdated in Dec of 2025.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=psychogeography
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=psychogeography
- View example images of psychogeography through Google here
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