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In the history of the city of L’Aquila, squares have always had a pivotal role in the foundation and transformation of its design. In fact, squares in L’Aquila have always been part and parcel of the city’s image, each one with its specific identity and meaning; meeting and gathering places in which the inhabitants recognize themselves and of which they have suffered the absence during these years of reconstruction following the earthquake of 2009, still underway today, that is finally allowing the population to reclaim the spaces of the historic centre.The paper delves into the values of hand and life drawing, which still has great potential as a scientific process made up of technique, perception and critical restitution, in order to read and document the urban spaces of the city’s identity and to recognize their historical and architectural values.DOI: https://doi.org/10.20365/disegnarecon.31.2023.20

In this article I have chosen a contemporary phenomenon, urban sketching, as an empirical starting point. Through active participation as an urban sketcher through digital publishing, dialogue and interaction, I analyze my analytical process and urban sketching practice. The aim is to examine ethnographic drawing as a visual cultural analytical method. My contribution is based the connection between urban ideals and innovative, creative environments in a local context. An overall knowledge goal is to develop visual methods and perspectives in the borderland between cultural analysis, artistic research, and new academic formats. Sketching and drawing can be compared to written ethnographic notes made during fieldwork or observation. The relationship between drawing and taking notes can be regarded as a dialogue, an ongoing conversation in which the importance of adopting a new vision is more important than the competence to draw. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As narrativas visuais, como os quadrinhos, são ferramentas populares que podem contribuir com a educação e comunicação científica. Dentro dessa perspectiva, este trabalho relata o impacto do uso de quadrinhos na disseminação do conhecimento sobre segurança alimentar de peixes em um evento de divulgação científica (Porto/Portugal). Para a ocasião, foi criada uma história, que descrevia o conceito sobre Anisakis spp. e maneiras de prevenir a anisaquíase. O enredo dos quadrinhos envolveu os participantes, de forma clara e direta, representando uma estratégia eficiente de divulgação científica abrangente e simplificadora, para diferentes públicos. Destaca-se aqui a importância da produção de novos conhecimentos, que ampliem o diálogo das áreas da saúde, ciência e tecnologia com a sociedade, além disso, torna-se urgente aumentar investimentos e promover a formação avançada e continuada de divulgadores da ciência.

The paper reconsiders style transfer with generative adversarial networks (GANs) as a powerful means towards a machinic extraction of perception, one that learns how to imitate how a human might spatially abstract, translate and eventually create designs. The aim is to investigate the potential of deep learning a mapping between two domains, one being the perceived reality of an urban scene, and the other, its representation on a sketch. The creative discipline under consideration in this paper is that of architecture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]