Faces and the City: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Facial Presence in Urban Space
Author:   Federico Bellentani (University of Turin, Italy)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   148
Publication Date:   31 March 2026
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Faces and the City: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Facial Presence in Urban Space


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Author:   Federico Bellentani (University of Turin, Italy)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781032735009


ISBN 10:   1032735007
Pages:   148
Publication Date:   31 March 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction Part one 2. Faces and facial presence in urban space: A literature review 3. A semiotic and cultural geographical framework for the study of facial presence in the urban space 4. A typology of facial presence of the city Part two 5. Faces on the facades of Bologna, Italy: A semiotic inquiry into urban inscriptions 6. Sculpted faces: Face inscription in monuments and memorials 7. Facial practices: Faces in institutional and vernacular memorial practices 8. Digital Faces: The evolution of faces in digital memorial practices 9. Conclusions: Urban semiotics face to face Index

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Federico Bellentani is a project manager and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Turin, working on the ERC-PoC project EUFACETS (EU Face Advanced Communication for Elders Treasuring in Society). He was also a postdoctoral researcher in the ERC project FACETS (Face Aesthetics in Contemporary E-Technological Societies) from 2021 to 2023. He holds a PhD from Cardiff University (2017), an MA in Semiotics from the University of Bologna (2013) and was a visiting researcher at the University of Tartu. He is Director of Marketing and Communication at Dinova, an AI-driven company integrating semiotics and storytelling. He was named among Forbes Italia’s Top 100 Marketing Managers (2025) and received the Google Cloud Star for Marketing and Communication in 2022 and 2024.

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