Situationist Dérive -- Lauren's Question

Kaia Sand's Expo Center Portland portion of the book gives the reader instructions for a journey that recall the International Situationalist's dérive, an unplanned journey through an urban landscape in which the traveler's awareness of how their surroundings shape their consciousness is heightened. This is evidenced in the following page, which asks the reader/traveler to reflect on sights, sounds, discomforts, and other environmental responses that the reader may have to the journey. How literally should the reader consider her call for travel to Portland? This instructive quality is also reflected in the workbook-like format of the page with blank lines to jot down/fill in responses to the journey. Unlike the Situationalist dérive, Sand offers a quasi-structured plan for her readers' intended journey, making it specific to Portland, Oregon and even providing a monthly events calendar. Moreover, much of the pictorial and conceptual content connects with landscape scenes. What is the meaning of Sand's appropriation of the Situationalist dérive technique, but customized to her own locale? (P.S. from Jen -- if you want to read a text describing the Situationist Dérive, this essay by Guy Debord is great.)