Analytical Urbanism and Information Design: looking for patterns to narrate a meaningful story The second phase started with the analysis of the huge amount of data collected (fig. 13, 14, 15, 16). Different qualitative approaches, such as Discourse Analysis, were introduced to sieve and cluster information. Local and national newspaper databases were analysed, as well as some background demographic reports. The key activity was finding patterns and connections between official data and the ones collected on field. At this stage the initial findings were shared among the student groups and a large number of common issues emerged from the different starting themes.
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This part of the work explored how to visualise and communicate the findings: from a descriptive and analytic understanding of the forces that shape the local context, to developing a visual narrative that uncovers the local urban and political reality.
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