The "pandemic" city: New spatiality and social relations

ABSTRACT

Urban space has always served as a theater for multiple functions and complexities that have modified and enriched its structure and identity. Its progressive adaptation to historical and economic events, among others, has made it a complex ecosystem in which physical and subjective space, local and global relations have manifested their being. As a matter of fact, it is sufficient to reflect on the impacts of Covid-19 in terms of social, cultural, and economic transformations, thus contributing to the need to develop new strategies for urban coexistence and revitalization. And it is precisely starting from such an historical experience of the pandemic crisis, this monographic issue stems from the desire to explore and reflect on the multiple urban landscapes produced and recreated because of it. The ten contributions present different spatialities and individualities recorded on an international scale across different cities during the pandemic. Results approximate urban space through the description of phenomena, gazes, actions, contradictions, readings, experiences, and critical reflections that we hope will help to encourage debate and the comparison of ideas.