Abstract. Cellular agriculture (CellAg) emerges as a technology aiming to address critical issues within the food system by offering an alternative to conventional meat. The dissemination of information about it to non-scientific communities faces challenges regarding the translation of complex technical developments, with the public reliant on the coverage from media outlets. We developed a collaborative approach to contribute to this discussion, focusing on four cases: Brazil, India, Australia, and Germany. Newspapers from these countries were analyzed using a qualitative content analysis and a subsequent joint interpretation. A major finding was the striking similarity in the main topics covered by the media in the studied countries. In addition, a large proportion of newspaper articles adopted a positive and market-oriented perspective. Germany stands out for its emphasis on research and development news. Australia is characterized by its focus on market and consumption elements. India is notable for its prioritization of food security. Brazil highlights market factors and brings to light concerns about market barriers. The results deserve further studies as they reveal that societies across geographical areas are receiving mostly superficial positive news instead of perspectives with higher-quality analyses of all impacts that may occur.

Abstract. In the context of demographic and urban growth, Cairo's urbanization is mainly approached in terms of housing and development. By focusing on the Egyptian capital from the point of view of one of its main building materials – red brick – this article calls for a politicization of the planetary urbanization theory and for better analysis of productive peripheries' diverse trajectories. Despite the omnipresence of this material in urban spaces, red brick production has been declining since the late 2010s. Using a qualitative methodology based on interviews conducted throughout the red brick supply chain and the analysis of satellite images, this article aims to examine the contemporary transformations of the Egyptian capital from its industrial peripheries. This round trip between brick factories and the city, centred on red brick, allows us to explore and politicize the entanglement between production practices, technical standards and planning policies, which underpin the capitalist and military-led urbanization of Cairo.

Abstract. This paper examines how military recruitment intersects with biopolitical governance and the forging of particular subjectivities for young people as subjects of (in)security. It considers young people's enrolment in the politics of killing and letting die as a form of necropolitics (Mbembe, 2003, 2019) that is enabled by generational injustice and the complex positioning of children and youth as political subjects within liberal governmentalities. It is shown that closer attention to the interrelations between sovereignty, discipline, and government is needed, considering also questions of authority, lethality, and coercion, in order to comprehend young people's contradictory subjectivations in and through military logics and practices. Based on the analysis of the three case studies of military recruitment and citizenship in France, Sweden, and Latvia, the paper argues for greater attention to the militarization of young people's lives and to the ethical and generational justice implications of this.

Abstract. The following text responds to the ongoing debate on the widespread violence in Latin America, claiming the existence of a necropolitical mode of production that is constituted through an entanglement of expropriation and dual exploitation. This entanglement demonstrates that necropolitics entails an expropriative power that leads to direct exploitation through labouring with expropriated bodies, whose destruction generates the order within which surplus value is extracted. Under necropolitics, the human body becomes one of postcolonial capitalism's last frontiers. In the following, the target of violence – that is, the subject – no longer serves as a bearer of labour power but becomes part of the production process itself in the form of constant capital. Violence turns into necropolitical labour. This shift is significant to analyse in the context of the transitions occurring within capitalism. The article is based on fieldwork conducted in Mexico's postcolonial context and contributes to a materialist analysis of necropolitics.

Abstract. This editorial article introduces and contextualises the theme issue on socio-environmental emotionalities in the context of ecological crises. It highlights the political and academic relevance of analysing the emotional and affective registers of shifting society–environment relations in the broader context of the uncertainties, conflicts and multiple crises of a climate-changed world. Grounded in a political and spatial conceptualisation of emotions and affects, this introduction understands emotional and affective expressions as always indicative of contentious and shifting relations of power, knowledge, experience and identity. The editorial article draws on an expanding body of research to outline a series of key analytical perspectives on the political and epistemological role of emotions and affects in environmental politics, subjectivations and knowledge production. The article brings these perspectives in dialogue with the individual contributions to the theme issue, whose rich explorations of political feelings in the context of ecological crises are presented in the final section.

Abstract. As the author carried out a research project on the question of borders in Palestine at the end of the 2010 decade, she offers a retrospective of her experience in the form of commented narrative reconstructions. Through this process, the author describes and analyzes the processes of silenciation and the obstacles encountered in conducting research on Palestine. The author first examines the physical entry to the study territory, to show how this moment involved a negotiation between ethics and lies. In addition to the classic considerations surrounding access to the field, this example will then reveal the institutional obstacles to the deployment of research that the author had to face, involving strong pressure from her peers and institutional disengagement. Finally, the author takes a look back to the formulation of the concept of «border of Damocles» to describe the experience of borders that cross the Palestinian space and the bodies that inhabit it. She proposes to apply this concept to academic space itself. In so doing, the author intends to raise questions about what is and what is not legitimate within the academic space, drawing a line between legitimate and illegitimate debate and reflecting on the power relations that act as structural brakes on the production of knowledge.

Abstract. Urban project opposition movements have proliferated in recent decades. The recent emergence of the term «metropolis» in common French discourse has contributed to networking these experiences and formalizing spaces for the circulation and sharing of knowledge among contesting actors, according to specific collective learning processes. In this article, we observe that the notions of «metropolis» and «metropolization», due to their complexity and their capacity to encompass diverse urban issues, drive actors seeking to understand them to engage in investigative approaches, following a logical analysis from disturbances to the formation of public problems. However, we will also demonstrate how these processes tend to become elements of the contemporary repertoire, as they are employed to describe epistemic practices formalized by actors as modes of action, structuring the organization of groups. This article aims to describe these activities through a multi-sited investigation, comparing Grenoble-based collectives mobilized and gathered around this scale.

Abstract. As ageing beings, the home spaces we inhabit in old age become pivotal in engendering a sense of security and emotional and physical well-being. Therefore, long-term outpatient carers work in highly sensitive contexts, wherein the establishment of a trusting atmosphere is of great significance. The introduction of the private sector into the long-term care market in Germany has led to the establishment of standards for each care task. This paper explores the rhythms of the implemented system of the so-called “service complexes” for long-term outpatient care by using a rhythm analysis. In doing this, I reflect on the effects of constructed standards on body(spaces), work processes and home spaces, which are sustained by digital technologies. The research is grounded in qualitative fieldwork conducted in the rural Altenburger Land, a region with one of the oldest populations in Germany. The findings illustrate the impact of the commodification of care on nurses, the corporeality of clients and their spaces of private retreat.