The Sicilian Muos Ground Station Conflict
On US Geopolitics in the Mediterranean and Geographies of Resistance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3948934 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arturo Di Bella (University of Catania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 333-353 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14650045.2015.1006361 |
| OpenAlex | W2035384375 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This paper analyses the alternative territorialities that characterise the conflict on the installation of a US military MUOS ground station in Sicily (Italy). On the one hand, the proponents see territory from a techno-centric vision as a site of strategic importance for the global politics of securitisation since it serves the optimisation of the US military ‘system of systems’. On the other hand, the No-MUOS mobilisation resists this image of territory by claiming it as a place of everyday life, and opposes hegemonic territorialisation through the manipulation of an ensemble of discursive and practical mediators within different spheres of action. The local conflict around a radar infrastructure evolves into a clash between different logics of territorial organisation: a conflict mostly concerning the control over spatial borders, knowledge production, and imaginary circulation
Geopolitics · Hegemony · Interrogation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · The Imaginary · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Ecology
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |