Settler-Colonialism, Memoricide and Indigenous Toponymic Memory: The Appropriation of Palestinian Place Names by the Israeli State

Cartography, place-naming and state-sponsored explorations were central to the modern European conquest of the earth, empire building and settler-colonisation projects. Scholars often assume that place names provide clues to the historical and cultural heritage of places and regions. This article us...

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Main Author: Masalha, Nur 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Edinburgh Univ. Press [2015]
In: Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-57
Further subjects:B Erasure and memoricide
B Israeli Government Names Committees
B Arabo-Islamic heritage
B cultural appropriation
B Toponymic memory
B Settler-colonialism
B Palestinian Nakba
B Biblical Archaeology
B Place names in Palestine
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