Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article introduces psychogeography as a research method that relies on embodied practices of drifting (dérive) through a city, which are followed by subsequent creative cartography.Mapping and documentation that follow dérive promote fuller understanding of persons' patterns of embodying sensory data from urban environments.This article then applies key ideas from psychogeography to urban planning and public health.The American Medical Association designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ available through the AMA Ed Hub TM .Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.As soon as I step outside, I am met with an onslaught of sensory data.The sunlight through the leaves, the smell of recently bloomed roses, the constant buzz and chirp-chirp-chirp of springtime creatures, a child's garden strategically set to appeal to the fairies.A neighborhood cat follows me a few paces down the sidewalk hoping for a scritch behind the ears-I happily oblige.Litter and sound increase as I near a busier road.Blue Moon bottles and Big Gulp cups; a billboard of Jennifer Anniston overlooks the intersection like a commercial Goddess of late 90s nostalgia.I scribble notes as I walk, sweat dripping from the backs of my knees, chest still tight with the memory of winter.
Source: The AMA Journal of Ethic
Authors: Zoe Rose Kriegler-Wenk, John C. Green
Institution: Columbia College Chicago
Language: English
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410954273