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| ==Introduction== | ===Introduction=== |
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| With psychogeography [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychogeography] easily defined as a playful examination of the total effects of geography and place on the individual,["the study of the precise laws and specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behavior of individuals." Guy Debord. Introduction to a Critique of Urban Geography, 1955] '''psychogeophysics''' extends such research to embrace geophysics [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophysics], defined as the quantitative observation of the earth's physical properties, and its interaction with local spectral ecologies. Geophysics equally encompasses archaeological geophysics, with measurement of such properties allowing for the mapping of previous traces through techniques of particle/wave detection and data forensics. | With psychogeography [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychogeography] easily defined as a playful examination of the total effects of geography and place on the individual,["the study of the precise laws and specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behavior of individuals." Guy Debord. Introduction to a Critique of Urban Geography, 1955] '''psychogeophysics''' extends such research to embrace geophysics [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophysics], defined as the quantitative observation of the earth's physical properties, and its interaction with local spectral ecologies. Geophysics equally encompasses archaeological geophysics, with measurement of such properties allowing for the mapping of previous traces through techniques of particle/wave detection and data forensics. |
| This extension of psychogeography into geophysics implies a collision between interpretation (fiction) and measurement, with psychogeophysics proposed as a novel discipline that bridges any such distinction through the medium of code, and offers a speculative take on the future of code as an uncovering of its locative (diagnostic) potentials leading to a new phase of software studies. | This extension of psychogeography into geophysics implies a collision between interpretation (fiction) and measurement, with psychogeophysics proposed as a novel discipline that bridges any such distinction through the medium of code, and offers a speculative take on the future of code as an uncovering of its locative (diagnostic) potentials leading to a new phase of software studies. |
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| ==History== | ===History=== |
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| The term "Psychogeophysics" was first used explicitly during a research group conducted as part of the | The term "Psychogeophysics" was first used explicitly during a research group conducted as part of the |
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| ==Important Precursors== | ===Important Precursors=== |
| * Freidrich Juergenson | * Freidrich Juergenson |
| * Konstantin Raudive [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Raudive] | * Konstantin Raudive [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Raudive] |
| * J.G. Ballard [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jg_ballard] | * J.G. Ballard [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jg_ballard] |
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| ==Techniques== | ===Techniques=== |
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| Psychogeophysics borrows techniques from EVP/ITC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voice_phenomenon], classical psychogeography, archaeological geophysics [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological_geophysics], TEMPEST analysis [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEMPEST] and environmental steganography [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography]. These techniques include: | Psychogeophysics borrows techniques from EVP/ITC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voice_phenomenon], classical psychogeography, archaeological geophysics [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological_geophysics], TEMPEST analysis [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEMPEST] and environmental steganography [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography]. These techniques include: |
| * rendering executable of city walks and locations (dot.walk) | * rendering executable of city walks and locations (dot.walk) |
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| ==References== | ===References=== |
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| * http://www.socialfiction.org/?n=1939 | * http://www.socialfiction.org/?n=1939 |
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| ==External links== | ===External links=== |
| * http://psychogeophysics.org/ | * http://psychogeophysics.org/ |
| * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychogeophysics | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychogeophysics |
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