Editor's Notes

Abstract

This issue explores how urban life is experienced, expressed, and imagined
in times of profound transformation. Across different contexts, it examines
what it means to belong to a city, how communities respond to crises through
cultural expression, and why some people choose to leave urban environments
in search of different lifestyles way of living. From singing and dancing as forms
of solidarity and reflections on how cities might become more sustainable,
connected, and accessible, the contributions in this issue trace the many ways
people inhabit and shape urban spaces. Moving from Central Europe to the
Global South, the authors offer grounded as well as imaginative perspectives
on lived urbanity, resilience, and the evolving relationships between people and
their cities.