City And Ecomedia: From a Linguistic and Ocularcentric to a Sensorimotor and Material Account
Rivista di Estetica December 9, 2024 Francesco Parisi, Giovanni Pennisi
Urban philosophy should move away from language-based and vision-centered models of cognition toward sensorimotor, emotional, and habitual frameworks. The paper argues that marginalizing ocularcentrism and linguistic models improves understanding of urban phenomena and enhances city design and planning. This shift, grounded in cognitive science, emphasizes emotions, habits, and sensorimotor attitudes as key to grasping the urban dimension.