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Place

Place. Place – the uniqueness of a location, what people do in a location, what they create, how they impart a certain character, a certain imprint on the location by making it unique. Toponym. Toponym – a place name A toponym : Imparts a certain character on a place

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Place

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  1. Place • Place – the uniqueness of a location, what people do in a location, what they create, how they impart a certain character, a certain imprint on the location by making it unique.

  2. Toponym Toponym – a place name A toponym: • Imparts a certain character on a place • Reflects the social processes in a place • Can give us a glimpse of the history of a place

  3. Changing Toponyms • When people change the toponym of a place, they have the power to “wipe out the past and call forth the new.”- Yi-Fu Tuan

  4. Changing Toponyms • Major reasons people change toponyms: • After decolonization • After a political revolution • To memorialize people or events • To commodify or brand a place

  5. Martin Luther King, Jr. Streets Geographer Derek Alderman asks: * Where are MLK streets? * Why are they where they are? * What controversies surround memorializing MLK with a street name?

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