Introduction to Semiotic Approaches to Urban Space

Over the last few years, several introductory texts have been produced on urban and city semiotics, taking up the important task to enlighten the neophyte reader and provide the expert with a handy overview of concepts and arguments. Rather than introducing the reader to the field, this volume aspires to capture the echo of the current polyphony, the ongoing dialogue amongst leading voices in semiotics addressing a set of key topics: spatiality and its dispositif , the role of technologies and nature(s), the textualisations of the city and the changing discourses in culture user interactions. In this way, the reader can get a sense of semiotic perspectives and heuristic categories that frame and question the space around us.