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Geographies of toponymic inscription: new directions in critical place-name studies
- Reuben Rose-Redwood, D. Alderman, M. Azaryahu
- Sociology
- 1 August 2010
The study of place naming, or toponymy, has recently undergone a critical reformulation as scholars have moved beyond the traditional focus on etymology and taxonomy by examining the politics of… Expand
A Street Fit for a King: Naming Places and Commemoration in the American South
- D. Alderman
- Geography
- 1 November 2000
The naming of streets after Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) is an importantarena for African Americans as they rewrite the landscape of southern identity and commemoration. While less ornate and… Expand
Street names and the scaling of memory: the politics of commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr within the African American community
- D. Alderman
- Sociology
- 1 June 2003
Streets named for Martin Luther King, Jr are common yet controversial features in cities across the United States. This paper analyses the politics of naming these streets as a 'scaling of memory' -… Expand
Surrogation and the politics of remembering slavery in Savannah, Georgia (USA)
- D. Alderman
- History
- 2010
Abstract There are growing calls from some African Americans, particularly in the U.S. South, to create sites of counter-memory that recognize the often forgotten historical struggles and… Expand
Memory and place: geographies of a critical relationship
- Steven Hoelscher, D. Alderman
- Sociology
- 1 September 2004
In recent years, investigations of social or cultural memory have become a major field of inquiry throughout the humanities and social sciences. No longer the sole preserve of psychology, the study… Expand
Writing on the Graceland Wall: On the Importance of Authorship in Pilgrimage Landscapes
- D. Alderman
- Sociology
- 1 January 2002
The journey to Graceland—the final residence and resting place of singer and entertainer Elvis Presley—has become a major pilgrimage within modern popular culture and tourism. As a cultural religious… Expand
Street Names as Memorial Arenas: The Reputational Politics of Commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. in a Georgia County
- D. Alderman
- History
- 2002
The public commemoration and representation of the past are socially constructed and contested processes. Sociologists Robin WagnerPacifici and Barry Schwartz pointed to this fact when they wrote… Expand
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Symbolic Excavation and the Artifact Politics of Remembering Slavery in the American South: Observations from Walterboro, South Carolina
- D. Alderman, Derek H. Rachel M. Campbell
- Sociology, Geography
- 1 November 2008
While historic sites in the American South have tended not to engage visitors in critical discussions of slavery, there are indications that this pattern is changing. In understanding how the history… Expand
Memorial landscapes: analytic questions and metaphors
- Owen J. Dwyer, D. Alderman
- Sociology
- 26 September 2008
Over the past two decades, geographers have probed the intersection of collective memory and urban space. Their sustained interest in the subject reflects an understanding of the social condition of… Expand
Reexamining the Montgomery Bus Boycott: Toward an Empathetic Pedagogy of the Civil Rights Movement
- D. Alderman, Paul Kingsbury, Owen J. Dwyer
- Sociology
- 1 February 2013
Geographers have assessed the success and failure of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement in terms of the African American struggle for justice, social identity, and economic survival. Conspicuously absent… Expand