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Critical praxis developed by the Lettrist International as part of the situationist critique of capitalism and unitary urbanism as a critique of urbanism.

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In Guy Debord's words: "ONE OF THE BASIC situationist practices is the d?rive , a technique of rapid passage through varied ambiances. D?rives involve playful-constructive behavior and awareness of psychogeographical effects, and are thus quite different from the classic notions of journey or stroll."

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The idea here is that exploring space in this way will open one up to its unseen 'psychogeographical contours', particularly in urban areas, which are all about psychogeography. This is in contrast to the usual movements of urban doyens, who move along the same paths (work - home, home - club) again and again without exploring their environments.

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Situationist: The Situationist International (SI), an international political and artistic movement, originated in the Italian village of Cosio d'Arroscia on 28 July 1957 with the fusion of several extremely small artistic tendencies: the Lettrist International, the International movement for an imaginist Bauhaus...

Unitary urbanism: A critique of urbanism developed in the by the Lettrist International, consisting of a range of practices including but not limited to:...

Guy Debord: Guy Debord (December 28, 1931-November 30, 1994) was a member of the Lettrist International, Socialisme ou Barbarie and a founder and chief essayist of the Situationist International (SI)....

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