The spatial codification of values in Zagreb's city-text

Šakaja, Laura; Stanić, Jelena

doi:10.4324/9781315554464-9

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“…What her research has pointed out was that the post-communist city text in Budapest emerged as a "negotiated order" which was the outcome of the protracted interactions between various levels of political authority (Strauss 1978). Other researchers have extended the paradigm by covering the city-texts of Zagreb (Šakaja and Stanić 2018), Košice (Chloupek 2019), and Timișoara (Crețan and Matthews 2015).…”

Section: Constructionism: Urban Nomenclature As City-textmentioning

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Street Names through Sociological Lenses. Part II: Constructionism and Utilitarianism

Rusu

2021

Social Change Review

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As toponymic means of inscribing urban space, street names have been addressed mainly by human geographers, who have articulated the field of critical place-name studies. In this paper, I continue the endeavor started in the previous issue published in Social Change Review of reading street names through sociological lenses. Whereas in the first part of this two-part contribution the analysis was made from functionalist and conflictualist perspectives, this second and final part employs social constructionism and the utilitarian theoretical tradition in making sociological sense of street nomenclatures. First, conceiving of street names as forming discursively constructed linguistic landscapes, the paper shows how urban namescapes – the “city-text” – are written, erased, and rewritten to reflect the shifting political powers. Second, the paper examines the neoliberal processes of place branding and toponymic commodification by which street names are turned into sought-after urban commodities with transactional value on the real estate market. The paper concludes by inviting sociologists to join the conversation on street names, which should become an important topic of sociological reflection.

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Section: Constructionism: Urban Nomenclature As City-textmentioning

confidence: 99%

Street Names through Sociological Lenses. Part II: Constructionism and Utilitarianism

Rusu

2021

Social Change Review

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“…Simultaneously, the role of Zagreb as the capital city of independent Croatia was symbolically manifested by an increased number of street names referring to Croatian territory. The renewed map of Zagreb inscribed also belonging to the common cultural sphere of Central Europe and common spiritual culture, as well as new geopolitical friendships (Šakaja and Stanić 2017). The new street names in the West Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) after renaming in 1990s emphasize a shared history with the motherland of Croatia by recalling, among else, names of important Croat cities (Palmberger 2017).…”

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Geopolitics of geographical urbanonyms: evidence from Ukrainian cities

Gnatiuk¹,

Melnychuk²

2020

Auc Geographica

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This article focuses on geographical urbanonyms in Ukraine-names of streets, squares, lanes, etc. that refer to the names of other geographical objects like cities, regions, countries, or continents. It shows the role of geographical urbanonyms as a powerful instrument used by political regimes to shape political identity by constructing and legitimizing borders between "us" and "them" at different spatial scales. The analysis revealed a significantly higher presence of geographical urbanonyms in Ukraine compared to former state socialist countries in Central Europe. The widespread presence of street names related to the former USSR proves the absence of post-Soviet decolonization in semiotic space, going beyond the pure decommunization, in the majority of Ukrainian cities since 1991. Regional differences in the dynamics, distribution and structure of geographical urbanonyms in Ukraine are explained by the historical, cultural and (geo)political divisions.

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“…In broader U.S. context, the issue was in the extent to which King's names occupy central civic spaces and are geographically accessible to the larger community, especially whites (Alderman, 2003;Alderman & Inwood, 2013). The decision about the location of a square dedicated to the first president of democratic Croatia, Franjo Tuđman, in Zagreb, also was a problematic issue since the ruling elites were aware of the fact that the chosen location would determine the position of the former president in the hierarchy of Croatia's pantheon (Šakaja & Stanić, 2017).…”

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“…The same refers to central-peripheral relocation of monuments or their transfer from a visible open position to an enclosed area, illustrating the changing hierarchy of values (Czepczyński, 2008;Šakaja & Stanić, 2017). Similarly, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the relocation of street names, inspired by the Partisan movement, from the centre to the periphery after the war in the 1990s, was a compromise for Sarajevo's citizens who did not want to see their (former) heroes leaving the city altogether (Palmberger, 2017).…”

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“…Persons and events of high axiological status are positioned, if possible, in the centre, while the lower axiological status is relocated to the periphery or thrown out onto the margins of the text (Azaryahu, 1996(Azaryahu, , 2009Light, 2004;Dwyer & Alderman, 2008a). Values are spatially coded within the topo-cultural structure of the city (Šakaja & Stanić, 2017), and the cultural landscape could be read as a spatial projection of the axiological system, expressing spatial codification of values (Užarević, 1997).…”

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Do street status and centrality matter for post-socialist memory policy? The experience of Ukrainian cities

Gnatiuk¹,

Glybovets²

2020

Geogr. Pol.

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Naming and renaming of urban space often is sensitive in terms of the street location and status and implies categorization of streets according to the perceived importance of a street name. Thus, different locations in the city have different symbolic significance, and the urban toponymy could be read as a spatial projection of the societal axiological system. This article represents an attempt to study the importance of location (centrality vs. peripherality) and status (significance) of the urban public spaces in the 36 largest Ukrainian cities in terms of symbolical value and memory policy. The findings indicate that both investigated factors constitute an important tool of identity shaping and historical memory policy, but their influence and manifestation may vary considerably depending on specific historical, cultural and (geo)political conditions. Therefore, although the central parts of cities and the main urban arteries have tangibly larger symbolic significance, the toponymy of less presentable urban areas may be no less eloquent in the critical toponymy studies.

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The spatial codification of values in Zagreb's city-text

Cited by 10 publications

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Street Names through Sociological Lenses. Part II: Constructionism and Utilitarianism

Street Names through Sociological Lenses. Part II: Constructionism and Utilitarianism

Geopolitics of geographical urbanonyms: evidence from Ukrainian cities

Do street status and centrality matter for post-socialist memory policy? The experience of Ukrainian cities

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