Afterword

As this book went into production the Covid-19 pandemic broke across the world. Travel was restricted and our geographical sense of place focused on local: our neighbourhood, our street, our house, our room. We had to renegotiate distinction as places for work and domestic living, schooling and relaxation overlapped. We are in the final stages of publication in July 2020 with little time to reflect on the past few months but as editors, we wanted to acknowledge the profound and astonishing changes that have been brought by the pandemic. The lockdown affected each one of us in different ways and as co-editors, we offer a short dialogue on our experiences of lockdown that are redefining our sense of place.