L’affirmation d’une opposition française au « Lyon-Turin » : un conflit entre liminarité et intermédiarité

Public interest enquiries conducted in relation to the proposed Lyon-Turin rail link have revealed the development of a composite protest to the project in France, particularly in 2012. Different associations have emerged, along with a personality, Daniel Ibanez, which have provided this protest mov...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kevin Sutton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut de Géographie Alpine 2016-04-01
Series:Revue de Géographie Alpine
Subjects:
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rga/3213
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1841546797451837440
author Kevin Sutton
author_facet Kevin Sutton
author_sort Kevin Sutton
collection DOAJ
description Public interest enquiries conducted in relation to the proposed Lyon-Turin rail link have revealed the development of a composite protest to the project in France, particularly in 2012. Different associations have emerged, along with a personality, Daniel Ibanez, which have provided this protest movement with both a face and greater coherence in its opposition to the project. A somewhat argumentative stance in 2012-2013 has progressively given way to one that has more clearly denounced the project since 2014, a change indicating a form of liminality in the expression of conflict. The foundations of this opposition in France remain distinct from those in the Susa Valley, the historic area of opposition to the project in Italy. The principle of usefulness is foremost in France while, historically, the principle of responsibility has been the driving force in Italy. This article examines the paths of the different players making up French opposition to the project by analyzing the discourse and political underpinnings of the protagonists. The study’s comparative approach seeks to gain insights into the spatialities of the opposition movements in France and the Susa Valley. The article thus hopes to contribute to a more meaningful reflection on the distinction between “localness” and “proximity” by studying the relationship between protest movements and “mountain areas” as an entity in the process of the social construction of a line of argument.
format Article
id doaj-art-48d669e963304ac7a27d0fdd1b9152c1
institution Kabale University
issn 0035-1121
1760-7426
language English
publishDate 2016-04-01
publisher Institut de Géographie Alpine
record_format Article
series Revue de Géographie Alpine
spelling doaj-art-48d669e963304ac7a27d0fdd1b9152c12025-01-10T15:53:34ZengInstitut de Géographie AlpineRevue de Géographie Alpine0035-11211760-74262016-04-01104110.4000/rga.3213L’affirmation d’une opposition française au « Lyon-Turin » : un conflit entre liminarité et intermédiaritéKevin SuttonPublic interest enquiries conducted in relation to the proposed Lyon-Turin rail link have revealed the development of a composite protest to the project in France, particularly in 2012. Different associations have emerged, along with a personality, Daniel Ibanez, which have provided this protest movement with both a face and greater coherence in its opposition to the project. A somewhat argumentative stance in 2012-2013 has progressively given way to one that has more clearly denounced the project since 2014, a change indicating a form of liminality in the expression of conflict. The foundations of this opposition in France remain distinct from those in the Susa Valley, the historic area of opposition to the project in Italy. The principle of usefulness is foremost in France while, historically, the principle of responsibility has been the driving force in Italy. This article examines the paths of the different players making up French opposition to the project by analyzing the discourse and political underpinnings of the protagonists. The study’s comparative approach seeks to gain insights into the spatialities of the opposition movements in France and the Susa Valley. The article thus hopes to contribute to a more meaningful reflection on the distinction between “localness” and “proximity” by studying the relationship between protest movements and “mountain areas” as an entity in the process of the social construction of a line of argument.https://journals.openedition.org/rga/3213liminalityLyon-Turinprotestintermediate space
spellingShingle Kevin Sutton
L’affirmation d’une opposition française au « Lyon-Turin » : un conflit entre liminarité et intermédiarité
Revue de Géographie Alpine
liminality
Lyon-Turin
protest
intermediate space
title L’affirmation d’une opposition française au « Lyon-Turin » : un conflit entre liminarité et intermédiarité
title_full L’affirmation d’une opposition française au « Lyon-Turin » : un conflit entre liminarité et intermédiarité
title_fullStr L’affirmation d’une opposition française au « Lyon-Turin » : un conflit entre liminarité et intermédiarité
title_full_unstemmed L’affirmation d’une opposition française au « Lyon-Turin » : un conflit entre liminarité et intermédiarité
title_short L’affirmation d’une opposition française au « Lyon-Turin » : un conflit entre liminarité et intermédiarité
title_sort l affirmation d une opposition francaise au lyon turin un conflit entre liminarite et intermediarite
topic liminality
Lyon-Turin
protest
intermediate space
url https://journals.openedition.org/rga/3213
work_keys_str_mv AT kevinsutton laffirmationduneoppositionfrancaiseaulyonturinunconflitentreliminariteetintermediarite