Images of cities and invisible landscapes

The aim of the book is to present interdisciplinary research on visual production in contemporary urban public spheres, since visual communication is the main means of organizing habitat in cities and cultural landscapes. The analysis of urban visuality carried out in the book is not finite to material signs, such as images, but refers also to the symbolic framework of different cities, to a social structure linked to visual literacy skills within different cultures. The detailed examination of the local productions of visual imagery from intercultural and comparative perspectives – within the United Kingdom, ex-Yugoslavia, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Italy, and Kenya – allows a better understanding of the socio-economic features impacting the awareness of specific cultural heritages, and leads to new proposals for educational practices. The book is divided into four parts: Part 1. Perceive, inhabit, understand, and transgress urban spaces. Visual readings between Kenya and Italy; Part 2. Intercultural perspectives on visual communication in urban settings in Europe and in Kenya; Part 3. Visuality in education and visual literacy; Part 4. Visual urban spaces in social-community life and marketing.