30 Days of New Life Project
This project is a series of performances, which has a team of cartographers go to a new city for 30 days. The first one was in 2008 in Berlin, Germany with the New Life Berlin Festival, hosted by Wooloo Productions. The cartographers do not control what goes on the map but they work with residents of the city to map out places and people that are "personally, artistically, historically or culturally significant." An online interactive map is created using Google Maps and the project's website. Each place identified has a description, information gathered from the residents, reflections, images, and/or video.
source: http://transition.turbulence.org/spotlight/30DaysofNewLife/index.html
This is an example of psychogeography because the map is based on the memories and experiences of local residents. The map is not just a map of interesting places in Berlin for tourists to visit but it is a map of the places that are important to the people of Berlin. The places do not have to be popular or well-known, but they can be important for personal reasons.
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