Editorial

Abstract

If we are to be honest with ourselves, we need to admit that communities are incredibly fluid and organic. There is no way we can predict the development of a community and how it will hinge on the social conditions that grow around it. However, this does not happen in isolation (Azzopardi, 2011). We live in a World characterised by ongoing changes and transformations resulting from our digitalisation, internal and external migration, changes in the economic model, travel, environmental and development issues, the impact of social media, and a dire cultural shift (Shaw, 2008). This is also within a context of post-truth that has left us reeling, trying to decipher what is true and what is not, creating a shadiness between an objective state of fact and the emotions that ensue that help swing the pendulum. [excerpt]