Abstract Part 2 of Encountering Berlant amplifies the promise of Lauren Berlant's influential
concept of 'cruel optimism'. Cruel optimism names a double‐bind in which attachment to an …

Something changed during the pandemic; we attuned to a call. A call to action, breathing,
support, activism, care, well-being, community, minimised mobilities, planetary health and …

This article introduces the concept of “care obfuscation”, developed from interviews with 32
UK-based academic mothers about their experience of the transition to parenthood. Care …

Participatory research often claims to inspire and empower young people to change their
lives and communities but what if the problems are entrenched, and the world remains …

In this paper, I ask: How can thinking with posthuman theories of affect in gender and
education enable us to trouble current book banning efforts that work to reassert the gender …

Affective infrastructure has become an unremarkable feature of geographical research. By
examining how 'affective infrastructure'has been mobilised within geography and political …

Momentary experiences of leisure in the context of routine activities, such as pausing to
watch a sunset out the kitchen window, or to chat with a friend as you pass them on the …

In this Introduction to our special section on 'Laurent Berlant and Media Theory', I argue, with
our contributors, that both appreciating and extending Berlant's vital contributions to media …

This paper explores how Berlant's concept of 'genre flailing'offers productive ways of
understanding the circulation and sharing of memes during the Covid-19 pandemic. It …

In this article, I show how Berlant offers important resources for thinking about the
relationship between affect, mediation and global nationalism, and for considering how to …