Urban Pulse - Gendered urban toponyms in the global South: a time for de-colonization?

Title: Urban Pulse - Gendered urban toponyms in the global South: a time for de-colonization?
Creator: Bigon, Liora; Zuvalinyenga, Dorcas
Relation: Urban Geography Vol. 42, Issue 2, p. 226-239
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2020.1825275
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2021
Description: 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.
Subject: gendered street naming; global South/Africa; toponymic inscriptions; urban management; (post-) colonialism; town and country planning
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1475438
Identifier: uon:49561
Identifier: ISSN:0272-3638
Language: eng
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