Producing space in action : the protest campaign against the construction of the dal molin military base
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Social movement studies, 2016, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 180-196
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DELLA PORTA, Donatella, FABBRI, Maria, Producing space in action : the protest campaign against the construction of the dal molin military base, Social movement studies, 2016, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 180-196 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/61502
Abstract
Although the importance of space is increasingly recognized, its conceptualization with reference to social movements varies. For a long time, critical geographers have considered space as socially constructed. Following Lefebvre's influential distinction, the relevance of three types of socially produced space for social movements have been pointed out: (a) perceived space (or spatial practices), as a material space where everyday life is produced
(b) conceived space, as the representation of space as socially constructed through (dominant and alternative) discourses, meanings and signs
(c) lived space, or representational space, where (a) and (b) interact. This essay maps the various ways through which space structures protest while at the same time being structured by it. We shall address this task by revisiting the contributions of geographers and ethnographers, with the help of empirical research we developed on a case of local opposition to a large-scale infrastructure project: the Dal Molin military base in Italy.
(b) conceived space, as the representation of space as socially constructed through (dominant and alternative) discourses, meanings and signs
(c) lived space, or representational space, where (a) and (b) interact. This essay maps the various ways through which space structures protest while at the same time being structured by it. We shall address this task by revisiting the contributions of geographers and ethnographers, with the help of empirical research we developed on a case of local opposition to a large-scale infrastructure project: the Dal Molin military base in Italy.