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critical toponymy: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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Cultural geography

the study of place naming as a political practice in which power, memory and identity are inscribed in the landscape.

In cultural geography, critical toponymy refers to the study of place naming as a political practice in which power, memory and identity are inscribed in the landscape. This meaning comes from Rose-Redwood (2009) in Progress in Human Geography.[1]

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References

Rose-Redwood, R., Alderman, D., & Azaryahu, M. (2009). Geographies of toponymic inscription: new directions in critical place-name studies. Progress in Human Geography, 34(4), 453-470. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132509351042

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