Important terms
Alienation
[1] noun
1 The state or experience of being alienated.
‘a sense of alienation from our environment’ ‘unemployment may generate a sense of political alienation'
1.1 (in Marxist theory) a condition of workers in a capitalist economy, resulting from a lack of identity with the products of their labour and a sense of being controlled or exploited.
1.2 Psychiatry A state of depersonalization or loss of identity in which the self seems unreal, thought to be caused by difficulties in relating to society and the resulting prolonged inhibition of emotion.
1.3 An effect sought by some dramatists, whereby the audience remains objective and does not identify with the actors.
Construction of a situation
[2] The concrete construction of momentary ambiance of life and their transformation into a superior passional quality.
Note from the editor: It is not a easy term to explain in a short definition, they are none. You could find out more about it here, https://openspacebas.wixsite.com/monsite/article/toward-a-situationist-international
Dérive
[3] One of the basic situationist practices is the dérive [literally: “drifting”], a technique of rapid passage through varied ambiances. Dérives involve playful-constructive behavior and awareness of psychogeographical effects, and are thus quite different from the classic notions of journey or stroll.
Psychogeographical
Adjective from psychogeography
[4] noun
1 The study of the influence of geographical environment on the mind or on behaviour.
‘a newly emerging discipline within geography is psychogeography’
1.1 in singular The geographical environment of a particular location, typically a city, considered with regard to its influence on the mind or on behaviour.‘the psychogeography of London’
Situation
[5] noun
2 The location and surroundings of a place.
‘the situation of the town is pleasant’
Citation:
[1] Dictionary, ALIENATION. "Alienation| Meaning In The English Oxford living Dictionaries". en.oxforddictionaries.com, 2019, https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/alienation
[2] Debord Guy, Translated by Ken Knabb, Toward a situationists available in Report on the Contrustion of Situations and on the International Situationist, June 1957
[3] Debord Guy, Translated by Ken Knabb, Theory of the Dérive available in Les lèvres nues #9, november 1956, available https://www.cddc.vt.edu/sionline/si/theory.html, 2019
[4] Dictionary, PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY. "Psychogeography| Meaning In The English Oxford living Dictionaries". en.oxforddictionaries.com, 2019, https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/psychogeography
[5] Dictionary, SITUATION. "Situation| Meaning In The English Oxford living Dictionaries". en.oxforddictionaries.com, 2019, https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/situation