Visually researching and communicating the city

Subtitle:a systematic assessment of methods and resources

This article explores and discusses a wide variety of resources and research techniques to visually approach and/or communicate key aspects of mediated and unmediated urban contexts. Cities and city life indeed can be investigated in unique ways through the observation of behavior in public space and by critically scrutinizing the visible features of urban spaces as social and cultural expressions of past and present intentions. Distinct visual methodsexploratory, systematic, or participatory in naturemay help bring about the actual, changing, and often hybrid experience and appearance of urban areas and their inhabitants. Visual approaches to investigating the communicative dimensions of the city also comprise innovative uses of visual materials in the reporting phase through synergetic combinations of images and other expressive features.

Publication year:2016

Keywords:A1 Journal article

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BOF-publication weight:1

CSS-citation score:1

Authors from:Higher Education

Accessibility:Open