| ID | 138980 |
| Title Proper | Sicilian MUOS ground station conflict |
| Other Title Information | on US geopolitics in the mediterranean and geographies of resistance |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Bella , Arturo Di ; Bella , Arturo Di |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | 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. |
| `In' analytical Note | Geopolitics Vol. 20, No.2; 2015: p.333-353 |
| Journal Source | Geopolitics Vol: 20 No 2 |
| Key Words | Mediterranean ; Italy ; US Military ; Sicily ; Sicilian MUOS ; Ground Station Conflict ; US Geopolitics ; Geographies of Resistance ; Hegemonic Territorialisation ; Geography of Territoriality ; Geography of Mediation ; US - NATO System |