Flâneurialism

Embracing Aimlessness in the Digital Age

The concept of the “flâneur,” popularised by 19th-century French poet Charles Baudelaire, involves strolling aimlessly through places, being a detached and curious observer led by chance encounters, not by work or leisure. For Baudelaire, the flâneur represented a new way of engaging with his city of Paris, which was undergoing major transformations at …