TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ben Arrous,Michel
AU  - Ben Arrous,Michel
AU  - Bigon,Liora
TI  - Street-Naming Cultures in Africa and Israel: Power Strategies and Place-Making Practices
T2  - Research in Planning and Urban Design
SN  - 9781003173762
PY  - 2021///
PB  - Taylor & Francis, Routledge [Imprint]
KW  - Street names
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Africa
KW  - Israel
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - ARCHITECTURE / Landscape
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning
KW  - Architecture
KW  - thema
KW  - City and town planning: architectural aspects
KW  - Landscape architecture and design
KW  - The Arts
KW  - Africam Arrous
KW  - Ben
KW  - Bigon
KW  - Cultures
KW  - Liora
KW  - Making
KW  - Michel
KW  - Naming
KW  - Place
KW  - Power
KW  - Practices
KW  - Strategies
KW  - Street
N1  - Free-to-read
N2  - "This book is focused on the street-naming politics, policies and practices that have been shaping and reshaping the semantic, textual and visual environments of urban Africa and Israel. Its chapters expand on prominent issues, such as the importance of extra-formal processes, naming reception and unofficial toponymies, naming decolonisation, place attachment, place-making and the materiality of street signage. By this, the book directly contributes to the mainstreaming of Africa's toponymic cultures in recent critical place-names studies. Unconventionally and experimentally, comparative glimpses are made throughout between toponymic experiences of African and Israeli cities, exploring pioneering issues in the overwhelmingly Eurocentric research tradition. The latter tends to be concentrated on Europe and North America, to focus on nationalistic ideologies and regime change and to over-rely on top-down 'mere' mapping and street indexing. This volume is also unique in incorporating a rich and stimulating variety of visual evidence from a wide range of African and Israeli cities. The materiality of street signage signifies the profound and powerful connections between structured politics, current mundane practices, historical traditions and subaltern cultures. Street-Naming Cultures in Africa and Israel is an important contribution to urban studies, toponymic research and African studies for scholars and students. "
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50253
ER  -