Psychogeography | Will Self

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Will Self proposes psychogeography's solution to social isolation.

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Will Self has written, walked and written some more for decades now... In this talk he proposes the psychogeographical technique of the dérive, or aimless stroll, first codified by the Parisian Situationist psychogeographers, as a revolutionary solution to social isolation in pandemic Britain.

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William Self is an author, journalist, political commentator and television personality. His fiction is known for being satirical, grotesque, and fantastical, and often explores mental illness, drug abuse and psychiatry.

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