Critical Toponymies

Abstract

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 of nationhood in Singapore, Brenda S. Yeoh Naming and placing the other: power and the urban landscape in Zanzibar, Garth Andrew Myers The Aloha State: place names and the anti-conquest of Hawai'i, Douglas Herman Irish place-names: post-colonial locations, Catherine Nash Proclaiming place: towards a geography of place name pronunciation, Robin A. Kearns and Lawrence D. Berg Street names as memorial arenas: the reputational politics of commemorating Martin Luther King Jr in a Georgia county, Derek H. Alderman Indexing the great ledger of the community: urban housing, numbering, city directories and the production of spatial legibility, Reuben S. Rose-Redwood Planning and revamping urban toponymy: ideological alterations in the linguistic landscaping of Vuosaari suburb, eastern Helsinki, Jani Vuolteenaho and Teri Ainiala Toponymic silence and SA!mi place names during the growth of the Norwegian nation state, Kaisa Rautio Helander Virtual place naming, internet domains, and the politics of misdirection: the case of www.martinlutherking.org, Derek H. Alderman Index.

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