The situationist piece was an abstract discussion on the use of maps and clues in order to describe urban space. The article focused on the creation of the naked map in which none of the sites or locations on the map are mathematically in the right location nor relative. Rather, the map is a psychogeographical map the connects "unities of atmosphere". From what i understood, a unity of atmosphere is a location/region that has a particular vibe, like a certain subarb, a certain industrial sector, and more. the point of the map is not to show how to get to certain locations but rather to help describe the functions and utilities of urban space through psychological analysis rather then mathematical or universal geographical entities. The motivating question that gives rise to the creation of the naked map is basically how to describe urban space in a new way that allows for a different understanding of movement through a city.

I thought the theory of the derive was interesting when discussing the blind walk of pedestrians. I took a class on city development and urban planning last semester where we talked about the significance of the flaneur and the importance of the detached subjectie stroll that one can take while observing the different varying forms that urban space consists of. I thought it was interesitnf how the author described the derive and flaneur as different, in which the flaneur was meant to be observational, where the person on the walk was learning something and elaving himself alienated from all the people and places he visits, while the pedestrian on teh derive is not conscious of his objects or observations but rather walks and interacts with particular city life of his choice based on free will.

Q1: why dies Debord say that under capitalism everything that was directly lived has moved away into representation and how does that create the terms representational space and lived space?

Q2: what would Debord think about google maps in which a map can be seen from numerous angles and locations where everything is mathematically made to scale, but at the same time one can get close enough to look at real peoples homes and real streets from a pedestrian or camera point of view? also, what about the points on google map that can be clicked and viewed at from different views such as spiral jetty and other artworks that google have placed on their web pages.