ABSTRACT

Since first proposed, the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines have been extensively covered by the media, shaping readers’ perceptions of the pipelines, as well as perceptions of the places and peoples impacted by them. Using critical discourse analysis, this paper examines the media coverage, their Plains descriptions, and expressions of place attachment. Through the media’s use of “place talk,” it presents a hybrid Plains: placeless, yet with a strongly place-attached population who are “tied to the land.” As conflicts over environmental and energy projects become increasingly contentious, place and place attachment are important for understanding the conflicts and potentially mobilizing resistance.

摘要

自首次提出以来，Keystone XL 和 Dakota Access 管道已被媒体广泛报道，塑造了读者对管道的看法，以及对受其影响的地方和人民的看法。使用批判性话语分析，本文考察了媒体报道、他们的平原描述和地方依恋的表达。通过媒体对“地方谈话”的使用，它呈现了一个混合平原：没有地方，但有“与土地联系在一起”的强烈地方依附的人口。随着围绕环境和能源项目的冲突变得越来越有争议，地方和地方依恋对于理解冲突和潜在地动员抵抗很重要。