Sadler's article was a lot easier for me to understand, and I was able to comprehend the meaning of a situationalist better. Sadler gives his audience a better background to situationalism by describing psychogeography, which is how inhabitants, in this case Parisians, are affected emotionally and behaviorly by their environment. Unlike McDonough's term “derives,” Sadler names the people “drifters.” This name is more straightforward and clear because it literally describes what the people are doing; they are drifting away from the conventional view of the city. McDonough goes on about refuting traditional academic geography, while Sadler gives some reasoning behind the refute and the reader can actually put themselves in the position of a Parisian instead of feeling like “The Naked City” is such a outlandish radical movement. However, both Sadler and McDonough discuss how status lines are hidden and the people of Paris are a just one homogeneous blur.
Q1: What does Sadler want to provoke from his reader?
Q2: What is the difference between “The Naked City” and the normal map if they both give an omniscient overlooking of the city?
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