Sketching Urbano. Visione, percezione aptica e narrazione della città che cambia / Urban Sketching, Vision, Haptic perpeption and Narration of the Changing City

This article focuses on freehand sketching and on the increasingly popular phenomenon of "Urban Sketching". The author places the topic in the broader scenario of the ‘rediscovery’ of freehand drawing and describes some of the main events associated with this trend (including Sketchmob, an event he has organised for many years). He also illustrates some of its inherent characteristics from the point of view of phenomenology of perception and cognitive neurosciences. These collective practices succeed in creating an original interpretation and shared narrative capable of not only merging the intimate and yet also public dimension of urban spaces, but also finding alternative ways to describe the complex reality of contemporary cities.