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Pleknaamsverandering in Suid- Afrika: bevestiging van ANC mag, gesag, wettigheid en ‘selfrespek’

open access: yesActa Academica, 2007
Power and authority appear to underlie changes in nomenclature resulting from a need to assure and convince the supporters of a new rregime that names which previously symbolised their oppression and domination have become unacceptable and must be ...
Johan Moll
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Historical Narratives and Public Memory in Urban Space

open access: yesNames
This study examines street names within the Hankow Concession. More specifically, it focuses on investigating street naming and renaming practices during and after the Concession Era.
Ran An
doaj   +1 more source

COMMUNIZATION AND DE-COMMUNIZATION OF TOPONYMS IN KAMYANETS’-PODIL’S’KY

open access: yesМісто: історія, культура, суспільство, 2017
The Communisation about change on toponymy map in Kamyanets’-Podil’s’ky during the 1920s – early ХХІ century. Within the first 20 years of Soviet rule, most microtoponyms that did not fit into the ideological system of the Communist Party were renamed –
Ihor Starenkyi, Yaryna Zaishliuk
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Conflict of memory or conflict of power? Linguistic strategies in the debate over renaming a street in the city of Poznań

open access: yes, 2020
The aim of this article is to present the public debate about the renaming of 23rd of February Street to Lt. J. Lewandowska Street in Poznań in 2017. Newspaper articles from the regional press and social media posts have been analysed with the use of ...
Fabiszak, Małgorzata   +1 more
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Activism in the arts: Co‐researching cultural inequalities with young people during the COVID‐19 pandemic

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the growing influence of young people's activism in UK museums and its educational implications. It draws on a five‐year collaborative programme (2019–2023) with young people of colour (16–28) in a university museum setting, focusing on a Young Collective established to address cultural inequalities.
Sadia Habib
wiley   +1 more source

Sessional Paper No. 02 of 2021 on Nairobi City County Property addressing and Street Naming Policy

open access: yes, 2021
The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 assigns to the County Governments the function of County planning and development where under property addressing and street naming fall. The Nairobi City County Property Addressing and Street Naming Policy provides for

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Erwin Schrödinger und die Versuchungen der (Wissenschafts‐)Biografik: Vorurteilsgefüge und Mechanismen der Skandalisierung

open access: yesBerichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
Since late 2021, serious allegations have been made against physicist Erwin Schrödinger, ranging from pedophilia to serial sexual abuse. These accusations have significantly tarnished the Nobel Prize winner's public reputation. The ongoing debate has repeatedly raised the question of whether, and to what extent, these grave allegations are justified ...
Magdalena Gronau, Martin Gronau
wiley   +1 more source

The Influence of Toponymy on the Identity of City Residents (Based on Materials from Irkutsk)

open access: yesУправленческое консультирование, 2018
The article considers the urban toponymy of Irkutsk. Features of formation and development, features of influence on the identity of inhabitants and prospects of transformation are analyzed. Also, legislative contradictions are shown. In the present work,
Oksana Alexandrovna Polyuskevich
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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart   +57 more
wiley   +1 more source

Post-communist city text in Košice, Slovakia as a liminal landscape

open access: yesMiscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development, 2019
During the communist period in Slovakia (1948-1989), street toponyms and monuments were a few of the many realms of ideological infusion by the communist government.
Chloupek Brett R.
doaj   +1 more source

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