PERFORMANCE-AS-RESISTANCE AND RESISTANCE-AS-PERFORMANCE IN THE NO MUOS MOVEMENT IN SICILY

One of the US-owned Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) installations was projected and built in Sicily, near Niscemi. Since 2012, NO MUOS activists have excogitated various forms of protest that are reminiscent of artistic performances and identitarian rituals. Additionally, a number of creators/pe...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a32cb6802adf4221a98cfd8c20829af42021-11-22T19:12:54ZPERFORMANCE-AS-RESISTANCE AND RESISTANCE-AS-PERFORMANCE IN THE NO MUOS MOVEMENT IN SICILYhttps://doi.org/10.29327/216343.5.1-51807-18562525-5924https://doaj.org/article/a32cb6802adf4221a98cfd8c20829af42017-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://periodicos.ufac.br/index.php/mui/article/view/1382https://doaj.org/toc/1807-1856https://doaj.org/toc/2525-5924One of the US-owned Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) installations was projected and built in Sicily, near Niscemi. Since 2012, NO MUOS activists have excogitated various forms of protest that are reminiscent of artistic performances and identitarian rituals. Additionally, a number of creators/performers across different art forms have supported the movement by referring to the NO MUOS resistance in their work. This article seeks to explore the connection between protest and performance in the symbolic practices staged within and outside the picket line. I argue that these protests/ performances possess an identitarian content that points to the reclamation of Sicily’s sovereignty against the hysteric militarisation of an imaginary North/South border in the Mediterranean.Marcello MessinaNepan editorarticlemuossilicysovereigntyresistanceperformanceHistory of scholarship and learning. The humanitiesAZ20-999ENESPTMuiraquitã, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 50-94 (2017)
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silicy
sovereignty
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Marcello Messina
PERFORMANCE-AS-RESISTANCE AND RESISTANCE-AS-PERFORMANCE IN THE NO MUOS MOVEMENT IN SICILY
description One of the US-owned Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) installations was projected and built in Sicily, near Niscemi. Since 2012, NO MUOS activists have excogitated various forms of protest that are reminiscent of artistic performances and identitarian rituals. Additionally, a number of creators/performers across different art forms have supported the movement by referring to the NO MUOS resistance in their work. This article seeks to explore the connection between protest and performance in the symbolic practices staged within and outside the picket line. I argue that these protests/ performances possess an identitarian content that points to the reclamation of Sicily’s sovereignty against the hysteric militarisation of an imaginary North/South border in the Mediterranean.
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title PERFORMANCE-AS-RESISTANCE AND RESISTANCE-AS-PERFORMANCE IN THE NO MUOS MOVEMENT IN SICILY
title_short PERFORMANCE-AS-RESISTANCE AND RESISTANCE-AS-PERFORMANCE IN THE NO MUOS MOVEMENT IN SICILY
title_full PERFORMANCE-AS-RESISTANCE AND RESISTANCE-AS-PERFORMANCE IN THE NO MUOS MOVEMENT IN SICILY
title_fullStr PERFORMANCE-AS-RESISTANCE AND RESISTANCE-AS-PERFORMANCE IN THE NO MUOS MOVEMENT IN SICILY
title_full_unstemmed PERFORMANCE-AS-RESISTANCE AND RESISTANCE-AS-PERFORMANCE IN THE NO MUOS MOVEMENT IN SICILY
title_sort performance-as-resistance and resistance-as-performance in the no muos movement in sicily
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url https://doi.org/10.29327/216343.5.1-5
https://doaj.org/article/a32cb6802adf4221a98cfd8c20829af4
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