Psychogeography refers to the study of the effects of the geographical environment—whether consciously organized or not—on the emotions and behaviour of individuals. Originating in the context of 1950s Situationism, it gradually expanded to encompass a more sensitive and symbolic exploration of urban and rural spaces alike. Like Alfred Watkins’s ley hunting, psychogeography seeks to reveal the invisible lines of meaning that run through the landscape—whether historical, memorial, or affective. It invites a poetic reading of place, in which drifting and subjective mapping become means of rediscovering the relations between location, movement, and imagination. This attention to the latent forces of the landscape can be traced back to French author Guy Debord, who described the city as a field traversed by “constant currents” and “psychogeographical vortexes” influencing human sensibility. Later, Iain Sinclair extended this intuition in a British context. His explorations of London evoke historical and symbolic lines of force.
