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The death of the author in place names: A Barthesian intervention into critical toponymy

Geography Compass, 2021
Abstract Over the past 2 decades, the critical toponymy literature reached a certain level, both qualitatively and quantitatively, that it is now both possible and necessary to subject the field itself to a critical evaluation. This study aims to make such a critical inquiry by arguing that although there has been important progress ...
Dogus Düzgün
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The production of toponymy in contexts: interpreting the maps of critical toponymies and neotoponymies

, 2012
The rapid development and incredible variety of contemporary placename studies has given birth to a very complex landscape, featuring both theoretical propositions (e.g. critical toponymies) and a vast array of case studies, ranging from the San of Namibia, Singapore or the very heart of Manhattan.
Houssay-Holzschuch, Myriam, Guyot, Sylvain, Giraut, Frédéric   +2 more
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Urban Toponymy in Turkey

Key Challenges in Geography, 2023
“Man [or object] does not exist unless he has a name. It must be named to exist” (Tesone, 2013: 73). Names are studied by different sciences. The act of naming is the bearer of meanings, and naming is the subject of urban toponymy.
Alpaslan Aliağaoğlu
exaly   +2 more sources

Assessing the Validity of Critical Toponymy Perspectives for Understanding Human Perception of Places: An Analytical Framework

Key Challenges in Geography, 2023
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Naming public transport and historicising experiences: Critical toponymies and everyday multilingualism in Singapore’s mass rapid transit system

Urban Studies, 2022
Public transport plays an integral role in urban centres by promoting economic development, mitigating environmental degradation and fostering social cohesion. It also enables users to experience the socio-cultural and linguistic diversity of a locality.
Shaun Tyan Gin Lim, Francesco Perono Cacciafoco   +1 more
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Critical Interventions in Political Toponymy

2015
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Rose-Redwood, Reuben, Alderman, Derek
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Critical Toponymy and the Politics of Land in TFCA Spaces

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A Tale of Two Banks of A river: A Critical Study of Ethnonyms in the Toponymies of Rufa’a and Hassahiesa, Sudan

Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literatures, 2022
This study investigates the use of ethnonyms in the toponymies of Hassahiesa and Rufa’a areas in Gezira State, Sudan. Using the principles of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Discourse Historical Approach (DHA), the study analyses place names as arenas of power struggle and explores the additional functions they play.
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Contemporary issues and future horizons of critical urban toponymy

2017
This chapter examines the politics of street naming to provoke critical reflection on the political life of urban streetscapes as an opening to consider contemporary issues and future horizons of urban toponymic scholarship. Street signs are found everywhere and hence are commonplace.
Reuben Rose-Redwood, Derek Alderman, Maoz Azaryahu   +2 more
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Critical Toponymies

2017
Contents: Towards critical toponymies, Jani Vuolteenaho and Lawrence D. Berg Naming as norming: 'race', gender and the identity politics of naming places in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Lawrence D. Berg and Robin A. Kearns Naming the past: the significance of commemorative street names, Maoz Azaryahu Street-naming and nation-building: toponymic inscriptions ...
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