Identity across boundaries: a study conducted by communication designers and social anthropologists

The paper analyses the interaction between communication design, urban design and social anthropology within the framwork of the research into the Po Delta area. Rather than as a vertical procedure, the design process has been conceptualized as a circular communication action of listening to, showing analysis, encouraging public discussions. In particoular the paper shows how the anthropological methodology and survey outcome were successfully incorporated into the research activity of the communication designers.