Hopeful letters from future cities
by Le Anh Nguyen Long, University of Twente, The Netherlands
«Thursday, February 24, 2022, I lay in bed unable to sleep. Two days before, Russia announced that it would recognize the independence of two pro-Russian Ukrainian territories and this morning, the invasion of Ukraine began. I was at a loss. Speaking to others – friends, relatives, students, and colleagues – it was clear that I was not alone. Fear, sadness, uncertainty, frustration, anger… the emotions roiling inside of us were legion. This was not new: It brought me back to the last time that I had been part of a collective sense of despair and powerlessness: the pandemic’s onset.»
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