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While place names have long been studied by a few devoted
specialists, approaches to them have been traditionally empiricist
and uncritical in character. This book brings together recent works
that conceptualize the hegemonic and contested practices of
geographical naming. The contributors guide the reader into
struggles over toponymy in a multitude of national and local
contexts across Europe, North America, New Zealand, Asia and
Africa. In a ground-breaking and multidisciplinary fashion, this
volume illuminates the key role of naming in the colonial silencing
of indigenous cultures, canonization of nationalistic ideals into
nomenclature of cities and topographic maps, as well as the
formation of more or less fluid forms of postcolonial and urban
identities.
While place names have long been studied by a few devoted
specialists, approaches to them have been traditionally empiricist
and uncritical in character. This book brings together recent works
that conceptualize the hegemonic and contested practices of
geographical naming. The contributors guide the reader into
struggles over toponymy in a multitude of national and local
contexts across Europe, North America, New Zealand, Asia and
Africa. In a ground-breaking and multidisciplinary fashion, this
volume illuminates the key role of naming in the colonial silencing
of indigenous cultures, canonization of nationalistic ideals into
nomenclature of cities and topographic maps, as well as the
formation of more or less fluid forms of postcolonial and urban
identities.
This book explores the multiple histories of critical geography as
it developed in 14 different locations around the globe, whilst
bringing together a range of approaches in critical geography. It
is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive account of a wide
variety of historical geographies of critical geography from around
the world. Accordingly, the chapters provide accounts of the
development of critical approaches in geography from beyond the
hegemonic Anglo-American metropoles. Bringing together geographers
from a wide range of regional and intellectual milieus, this volume
provides a critical overview that is international and illustrates
the interactions (or lack thereof) between different critical
geographers, working across a range of spaces. The chapters provide
a more nuanced history of critical geography, suggesting that while
there were sometimes strong connections with Anglo-American
critical geography, there were also deeply independent developments
that were part of the construction of very different kinds of
critical geography in different parts of the world. Placing
Critical Geographies provides an excellent companion to existing
histories of critical geography and will be important reading for
researchers as well as undergraduate and graduate students of the
history and philosophy of geography.
This book explores the multiple histories of critical geography as
it developed in 14 different locations around the globe, whilst
bringing together a range of approaches in critical geography. It
is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive account of a wide
variety of historical geographies of critical geography from around
the world. Accordingly, the chapters provide accounts of the
development of critical approaches in geography from beyond the
hegemonic Anglo-American metropoles. Bringing together geographers
from a wide range of regional and intellectual milieus, this volume
provides a critical overview that is international and illustrates
the interactions (or lack thereof) between different critical
geographers, working across a range of spaces. The chapters provide
a more nuanced history of critical geography, suggesting that while
there were sometimes strong connections with Anglo-American
critical geography, there were also deeply independent developments
that were part of the construction of very different kinds of
critical geography in different parts of the world. Placing
Critical Geographies provides an excellent companion to existing
histories of critical geography and will be important reading for
researchers as well as undergraduate and graduate students of the
history and philosophy of geography.
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