Le Ray 45548.s does not prevent the fragmentation of the movement along diverse Thi
political allegiances.
49.cultural resonance, see William Gamson and Andre Modigliani, On
“Media Discourse and Public Opinion on Nuclear Power: a Constructionist
Approach,” American Journal of Sociology 95, no. 1 (1989): 37. Most of the
inhabitants do not see or experience the dam construction (even the pur-
chase of the to-be-flooded lands are quite discreet). To ground their dis-
course in intelligible experiences, therefore, the members of the campaign
developed two related arguments: first, the dams would mean a new loss
of space; and second, they would threaten the cultural identity of Tunceli
and its inhabitants. Very concretely, the dam construction means that thou-
sands of inhabitants will once again lose either their houses or their land,
their access to the pastures or apiaries, and also to sacred or historical sites.
50.ee “Dersim’i deliler bastı,” S Radikal, 7 August 2004, http://www.radikal.
com.tr/ek_haber.php?ek=cts&haberno=3673.
- Le Ray, “Associations de pays et production de locality.”
52.ames Scott, J Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts
(New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1990).