SHIFTING BORDERS – SHIFTING LANGUAGES: INVESTIGATING THE COMMEMORATIVE CITYSCAPE IN POZNAŃ AND SŁUBICE
SHIFTING BORDERS – SHIFTING LANGUAGES: INVESTIGATING THE COMMEMORATIVE CITYSCAPE IN POZNAŃ AND SŁUBICE
Author(s): Małgorzata Fabiszak, Anna Weronika Brzezińska, Patryk DobkiewiczSubject(s): Local History / Microhistory, Semantics, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: collective memory; commemoration; critical toponymy; ideology; language planning policy; linguistic landscape; street renaming;
Summary/Abstract: This article explores patterns of street renaming in two locations which over the last century were interchangeably controlled by Germany and Poland: Posen/Poznań and Dammvorstadt/Słubice. It examines how changes in the language of admin- istration influenced their urban streetscape. The results demonstrate that there are several different semantic categories of street names which show varied affin- ity to change. Commemorative street names inscribing personal names are most prone to alteration, while those based on topology and landmarks are often translated from one language to another and retain their meaning. Street names based on place names are a heterogeneous category with directional names showing more stability than those which represent the national geographical imagery.
Journal: Acta Poloniae Historica
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 126
- Page Range: 277-299
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English