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来源

URBAN GEOGRAPHY,Vol.42,Issue2,P.226-239

语言

英文

关键字

Gendered street naming,global South/Africa,toponymic inscriptions,urban management,(post-)colonialism,town and country planning

作者单位

a Department of Multidisciplinary Studies, Holon Institute of Technology, Holon, Israel;b Linguistics, The University of Newcastle School of Education, Callaghan, Australia

摘要

This short commentary scrutinizes the contemporary toponymic phenomenon of gendered street naming in the global South with an emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa’s cities. It reveals the problematic prevalence of masculine street names in comparison to feminine names in the region’s urban spatialities and provides a comparative glimpse into similar realities in the global North. The paper offers explanations for this phenomenon as a consequence of the (post-)colonial experiences of many Southern cities and reports on the socio-political implications of this problem. Our recommendation on a toponymic de-colonization in terms of gender is part of a broader aspiration for more just and inclusionary urban management policies, better accommodated to the challenging realities of urban life in Southern cities.KEYWORDS: Gendered street namingglobal South/Africatoponymic inscriptionsurban management(post-)colonialismtown and country planningDisclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.AcknowledgmentsThe authors acknowledge Urban Pulse series editor, Pablo S. Bose, for his unrestrained encouragement of the publication of this piece; and the anonymous peer readers, for their supportive and inspiring comments.