Love as Politics Workshop, Tokyo 2019

In February 2019, members of the Autonomism Research Group in Tokyo organised a symposium at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies to discuss the notion of love as politics. The discussion ranged broadly across different understandings of love as politics including reflections on the Love: Art, Ideas, Music, Politics festival. Two of the papers from the conference are available for download in English and Japanese.

Nick Southall, ‘Love as Politics’, English, Japanese

Photograph of Alexander Brown giving a presentation at the Love as Politics workshop

Alexander Brown, ‘The Wollongong Love Festival: An Experimental Politics’, English, Japanese

In the lead-up to the workshop, Nick Southall, Alexander Brown and Melanie Barnes recorded a conversation about the politics of love and revolution. Listen to the conversation in full below.

Class Power is Built from Love
  • Photo of participants during the workshop.
    Workshop participants listening to presentations
  • Photograph of workshop participants at a post-workshop dinner.
    Workshop Dinner
  • Photograph of workshop participants during a visit to the Maruki Gallery in Saitama.
    Workshop participants visit the Maruki Gallery in Saitama
Images from the Love as Politics Workshop