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Chinese Culture Symbols in the Urban Toponymy of Chengdu

open access: yes, 2022
В статье рассматривается связь городской топонимии с семиотикой духовной культуры Китая. На примере топонимов города Чэнду автор показывает особенности национально-культурного компонента в семантике собственных имен и с помощью ономасиологической ...
Лань Лин
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Expression of Identity in Urban Toponymy of the Towns in Kvarner and Istria

open access: yesHrvatski geografski glasnik/Croatian Geographical Bulletin, 2008
Identity is a group of characteristics which determine the distinctiveness of an individual or a group in terms of differences from or affiliation with other individuals or groups; accordingly, it follows that to identify oneself means to (self)determine the self.
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HOW THÖŊ PINY BECAME JUBA NA BARI: Naming and Place‐Making in Urban South Sudan

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 48, Issue 2, Page 244-262, March 2024.
Abstract Following South Sudan's independence in 2011, a myriad of local, regional and global actors have flocked to its capital city, Juba, to influence and benefit from the ongoing state‐making process. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in Juba between 2012 and 2015, this article demonstrates how urban ‘space’ in Juba is rendered into ‘place’
Christian J. Doll
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Völkerpsychologie as a field science: José Miguel de Barandiarán and Basque ethnology

open access: yesJournal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Volume 60, Issue 1, Winter 2024.
Abstract José Miguel de Barandiarán considered the central figure of Basque anthropology, played a prominent role in the Basque people's cultural rescue (material and spiritual). His dual status as an ethnologist and priest prepared him to study collective mentalities and rural societies.
Aitor Anduaga
wiley   +1 more source

Semantic field of health in the Hispanic toponymic discourse

open access: yesOnomástica desde América Latina
Health and medical toponyms are not the most numerous groups in the toponomastics of the world, however, present an important part of the history of a city where they function.
Irina Martynenko
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Imperial mirrors: multifunctional urban toponymy in the Romanov Empire

open access: yesUrban History
Abstract The naming of cityscapes has never been a disinterested or straightforward affair. This article, which introduces the special issue on multifunctional urban toponymy in the Romanov Empire, opens by providing an overview of recent developments in critical place-name studies and bringing this field into dialogue with the ...
Catherine Gibson   +2 more
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REDEFINING URBAN IDENTITY THROUGH URBAN TOPONYMY: ISTANBUL’S STREET NAME CHANGES IN THE TURKISH EARLY REPUBLICAN PERIOD (1927-1934)

open access: yes, 2023
Sokak isimlerinin, bir yeri betimlemedeki temel rolleri nedeniyle kentsel peyzajda ve günlük yaşamda tuttukları yer, onları kültürleri, yeniden yazılmış tarihi ve ideolojileri kentsel mekana yansıtmak için görsel ve dilsel açıdan önemli araçlar haline getirir.
Dalgiç, Eda Nur, Soyöz, Ufuk
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Cantzly und Formular Buch mit vyl hüpschen Copien, Missiven [...]

open access: yes
by Urban WyssVom Schreibmeister und Holzschneider Urban Wyss im Blockdruck hergestelltes ...
Wyss, Urban
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Is toponymy necessary?

open access: yes, 2017
Like other areas of linguistic study, toponymy as a domain of analysis does not present itself as being overly reflective of its own assumptions. I ask whether a sub-category or sub-analysis dedicated to toponymy is required at all if we analyse toponyms,
Nash, Joshua
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Collaborative Feminist Cartography in Geographical Education: Mapping Gender Representation in Street Naming (Las Calles de las Mujeres)

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Collaborative mapping has emerged in recent decades as a key practice for producing open geospatial knowledge and fostering critical citizenship. However, several studies have shown that these platforms may reproduce existing gender inequalities, both in
María Sebastián López   +4 more
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