Self-Published Psychogeographies Zines, DIY Communities and the 21st Century Drifter

This book explores the world of psychogeographical walking as portrayed in zines – self-made, low-budget publications circulated within DIY communities. Termed "new psychogeography", the representation of these mobilities in zines challenge conventional dualisms, favoring peripheral spaces and polyphonic perspectives over urban-centric voyeurism. Through four case studies, the book explores the evolution of the contemporary drifter, emphasizing a departure from conquering cityspaces through stalking to exploring how spaces shape memory, experience, and notions of home. Pioneering research at the intersection of zine and travel writing studies, it unveils the psychogeographical mediality inherent to this medium.

Chapter 1: Introduction: New Selves Embarking upon Old Paths.- Part I: Psychogeography and Self-Published Media.- Chapter 2: Tendency to Trespass: Walking and Publishing in the History of Psychogeography.- Chapter 3: Affinity to Assemble: Zines as Walking Travelogues.- Part II: Case Studies.- Chapter 4: Oliver East’s Trains Are … Mint: Walking Train Tracks.- Chapter 5: Simon Moreton’s Where?: Blurring Disparate Perspectives.- Chapter 6: Loosing, Departing: Trauma and Temporality in Peony Gent’s Visual Poetry.- Chapter 7: Divergent Readings and Synaesthesia in Olivia Sullivan’s Zines.- Chapter 8: Conclusion: Characteristics of the Zine’s Psychogeographical Mediality.

Tanja Kapp is Assistant Lecturer in the English Department of the University of Tübingen, Germany. Previously, she was a Research Fellow and Doctoral Candidate at the Graduate Research Group ‘New Travel – New Media’ at the University of Freiburg, Germany, where she received her PhD in English Literature.