A micro-history of convivial radio in Japan: a conversation with Tetsuo Kogawa with an introduction by Anja Kanngieser

This special issue is about affective and micro-political practices within creative forms of making political worlds. By looking toward the less visible moments and processes, by focusing on the relations and social reproductions within our organizational activities, we hope to open up spaces for asking not only how we understand ourselves, but also how we address each other. Oftentimes, when speaking of politics, there is a tendency toward encompassing stories and experiences that come to infer a coherent and smooth narrative. Such narratives obfuscate the mess and uncertainty of political labour. To recognise these more messy and uncertain terrains does not mean to dismiss the role of broader discourse; rather, it means to look at these alongside them, to try and find points of communication that show how more marginal practices can speak to wider conditions and vice versa.