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Playful Protests and Contested Urban Space: the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Protest Movement
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AbstractThis paper analyzes playful activities within protests against the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. It examines their relationship with contested urban space and the legacy of Heiseiera social movements in Japan as well as other anti-Olympics activism. It argues that these practices represent a creative, cultural dimension of the opposition to 2020.This paper examines protests that have taken place against the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, focusing on the activities of one group and analyzing them as a form of “play” and cultural creativity contesting urban spaces. In this way, the paper highlights an aspect of the protests that links to earlier social movements in Japan as well as a style of protest that transcends the negativity often associated with anti-Olympics activism.
Title: Playful Protests and Contested Urban Space: the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Protest Movement
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AbstractThis paper analyzes playful activities within protests against the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
It examines their relationship with contested urban space and the legacy of Heiseiera social movements in Japan as well as other anti-Olympics activism.
It argues that these practices represent a creative, cultural dimension of the opposition to 2020.
This paper examines protests that have taken place against the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, focusing on the activities of one group and analyzing them as a form of “play” and cultural creativity contesting urban spaces.
In this way, the paper highlights an aspect of the protests that links to earlier social movements in Japan as well as a style of protest that transcends the negativity often associated with anti-Olympics activism.
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