# The Right to Look Away: Notes on attention, tenderness and presence

*Notebook · Open series · 4/5 · Public Mesh Editions · Domenico Di Siena*

First-person notes on attention, tenderness and the courage to desynchronise: what happens when you step out of the scroll and rebuild the way you communicate around presence.

## Details

- **Collection:** Human & Tender
- **Format:** Notebook · PDF and small print run
- **Contents:** 4 pieces
- **Origin:** Series published in Public Mesh Journal
- **Publisher:** Public Mesh Editions, Valencia

## Contents

1. [From Digital Validation to Real-World Connection](https://publicmesh.substack.com/p/from-digital-validation-to-real-world)
2. [Escaping the Scroll, Reclaiming Presence](https://publicmesh.substack.com/p/escaping-the-scroll-reclaiming-presence)
3. [The Right to Look Away](https://publicmesh.substack.com/p/the-right-to-look-away)
4. [The Quiet Cost of the Infinite Scroll](https://publicmesh.substack.com/p/the-quiet-cost-of-the-infinite-scroll)

## Links

- [Read the series in the Journal](https://publicmesh.substack.com/p/from-digital-validation-to-real-world)

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Domenico Di Siena: Domenico Di Siena is a civic designer, architect and researcher. For more than twenty years he has worked with cities, European programmes and institutions on participation, public innovation and civic infrastructure.

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