Cultural representation in Luxembourgish street naming practices
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21226804 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christoph Purschke (0000-0002-9655-2058, University of Luxembourg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | s5 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistics Vanguard (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2199-174X • E-ISSN: 2199-174X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/lingvan-2021-0003 |
| OpenAlex | W3194940785 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 9 |
This paper investigates street naming practices in Luxembourg. Starting from a theoretical sketch of how the curation of a given cityscape by dint of cultural artifacts (e.g., street names) establishes complex orders of cultural representation , it discusses three case studies for street naming campaigns from Luxembourg. These case studies represent different types of action modes , ideological motives and linguistic materials involved in street naming. First, the naming process for a newly established neighborhood in Luxembourg City illustrates the default mode of street naming by administrative action . Second, the Germanization of Luxembourg City under German occupation during World War II demonstrates the forced alignment of a given cityscape through political octroi. And third, the recent first naming of preexisting streets in the rural municipality of Wincrange provides an example of a participatory naming process that establishes an order of cultural representation based on local traditions
Art · Cartography · Citizen journalism · Cityscape · Geographer · Geography · German · Ideology · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sketch · Sociology · Visual arts · Computer Science · History · Law · Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Translation Studies and Practices
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |