- 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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