1st Edition
The Geography of Names Indigenous to post-foundational
By Gwilym Lucas Eades
Copyright 2017
164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
164 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines geographical names, place-names, and toponymy from philosophical and cultural evolutionary perspectives. Geographical name-tracking-networks (Geo-NTNs) are posited as tools for tracking names through time and across space, and for making sense of how names evolve both temporally and spatially. Examples from North and South American indigenous groups, the Canadian arctic, Wales,... Read more
1. Geographical Naming and Necessity
2. Indigeneity and Geographical Naming
3. Religion and Geographical Naming
4. The Neurogeography of Names
5. The Political Geography of Names
6. Neogeographies of the Name
7. Toward a Geographical Name-Tracking-Network
Biography
Gwilym Lucas Eades is Lecturer in Human and Environmental Geography in the Department of Geography at Royal Holloway University of London, where he is also on the Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) management board and director of the GeoVisual Methods Lab (GVML).
