Introduction to the Tenth Anniversary section of Catalyst

In preparing the tenth anniversary section of Catalyst, the current editorial team met to reflect on the legacy, politico-ethical vision and future of the journal. Using the introduction to the inaugural issue as a prompt for our reflections, we discussed what makes the journal distinctive, how it has contributed to the field of technoscience, the intellectual inheritance of feminist scholarship on which our work builds and  the generative associations materialised through the metaphor of a catalyst. Our discussion was also guided by the following questions: What kind of topics do you observe are the most current within the field of feminist technosciences? Since you started working at Catalyst, has your perception of feminist technoscience as a field changed? If so, how? How does the current geo-political climate affect your thoughts on feminist technoscience and vice versa? As wide-ranging and capacious as feminist technoscience, the discussion also included lively reflections on the catalytic qualities of bacteria and the ways in which they participate in life-giving processes of kin-making. In the spirit of capturing both the unique voices of the editorial team and the relational assemblage of the conversation as it unfolded, we present it below in conversation-style format. This opening discussion offers a rich companion piece to the reflections of former editorial teams presented in the anniversary section, surfacing the ways in which Catalyst continues to be a playground for alterity and a safe harbor in this historic moment.