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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Gunditjmara people call for Portland monuments celebrating colonial history to be removed

ABC

From street names and highways to towering stone monuments, the names of colonising figures are inescapable in the far south-west Victorian town of Portland. For the local Indigenous people of the Gunditjmara nation it is constant reminder of colonisation's painful history which included bloody massacres, land dispossession, and cultural decimation. Colonisation continuing Nearly 200 years later Gunditjmara people want the …

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6 months ago

UAE Names Street After 84-year-old Doctor With Indian Roots

Deccan Chronicle

Dubai: A road in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi has been named after an 84-year-old doctor with Indian roots as a tribute to his significant contributions to the country's health sector. The Department of Municipalities and Transport has named a road in Abu Dhabi after Dr George Matthew to recognise his contributions as part of its "Honouring UAE's Visionaries: …

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8 months ago

Don't always depend on GPS. Your sense of direction will thank you

NPR

Don't always depend on GPS. Let go of your fear of getting lost, be observant and practice keeping "a sense of direction in your head as you travel," says Mary Hegarty, a cognitive psychologist at the Spatial Thinking Lab at University of California, Santa Barbara. Sponsor Message Life Kit Improve your sense of direction Improve your sense of direction Listen …

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1 year, 5 months ago

When history is reduced to mere initials

The Hindu

There is something very Madras about reducing all names to a set of initials. At a time when the city seems to be finally waking up to the built heritage it has, going by the slew of restoration projects announced and being carried out by the government, it seems we are forgetting large chunks of our street history by abbreviating …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Ukrainian Heroes Street: Why European cities are renaming their streets amid the war

Firstpost

Across eastern Europe, the addresses of Russian embassies are being changed as a form of protest against the war in Ukraine Across eastern Europe, the addresses of Russian embassies are being changed as a form of protest against the war in Ukraine. Constructing cultural identity Our research reveals that cities and towns also use street naming to express and construct …

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3 years, 6 months ago

'Streetonomics': What our addresses say about us

BBC

'Streetonomics': What our addresses say about us Getty Images Abbey Road sign and crossing From unseen gender bias to hidden historical patterns, you can tell a lot about where you live by looking at the names of the streets. In a few places, residents lobbied for Booger Hollow, Crunchy Granola Lane or even Stupid Way Stories like West Virginia's inspired …

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5 years, 6 months ago

How the buildings in Greenland are colour-coded according to their purpose

Daily Mail

When it comes to colour variation, Greenland offers very little - it's mostly white, despite its name. Pictured is Qaqortoq The colour coding of buildings and houses in Greenland dates back to its colonial era of the 1700s when wooden houses were sent up from Scandinavia as timber kits. Pictured is Ilulissat The colour coding of buildings and houses in …

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5 years, 10 months ago

Conflict in Amsterdam about street names in new neighborhood

NL Times

A new neighborhood in IJburg in Amsterdam is very nearly done, but Mayor Femke Halsema and the committee that advises the mayor on names for new streets and squares in the Dutch capital can still not settle on what to call the new neighborhood's streets, the Volkskrant reports. Mayor Halsema repeatedly rejected suggestions from the committee for naming public spaces …

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6 years, 5 months ago

Feminist group changes Dutch street names in protest for more female representation