TY - JOUR
KW - Anthropocene
KW - toponymy
KW - cultural heritage
KW - human activities
KW - human activity
KW - technogenonyms
KW - Technology
KW - toponymy
KW - urban geography
KW - urbanonyms
AU - Gian Capra
AU - Antonio Ganga
AB - Although the Anthropocene has been approached from numerous perspectives, scholars have not as yet considered an interesting point of view. Indeed, one of the most important intangible inheritances of the Anthropocene is detectable in the deep influence on a very common, though extremely complex, "performative practice" that each one of us regularly and (often) unconsciously enacts in everyday life. Place names or toponyms are the final repository of an impressive accumulation of knowledge acquired by indigenous peoples, through long histories of conflict and interaction with their surrounding environment. During the Anthropocene, a massive toponymic revolution has modified and still characterizes several places in the world due to the considerable environmental and socio-economic changes imposed by human activities. Some worldwide cases will be presented and discussed to illustrate the importance, intensity, and pervasiveness of these Anthropocene-related human activities, as driving forces determining this unexpected and underrated revolution.
DO - 10.1080/00277738.2018.1452887
M1 - 3
N1 - Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
N2 - Although the Anthropocene has been approached from numerous perspectives, scholars have not as yet considered an interesting point of view. Indeed, one of the most important intangible inheritances of the Anthropocene is detectable in the deep influence on a very common, though extremely complex, "performative practice" that each one of us regularly and (often) unconsciously enacts in everyday life. Place names or toponyms are the final repository of an impressive accumulation of knowledge acquired by indigenous peoples, through long histories of conflict and interaction with their surrounding environment. During the Anthropocene, a massive toponymic revolution has modified and still characterizes several places in the world due to the considerable environmental and socio-economic changes imposed by human activities. Some worldwide cases will be presented and discussed to illustrate the importance, intensity, and pervasiveness of these Anthropocene-related human activities, as driving forces determining this unexpected and underrated revolution.
SP - 125
EP - 135
TI - The Intangible Heritage of the Anthropocene: The Toponymic Revolution in the Human Age
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85044748451&doi=10.1080%2f00277738.2018.1452887&partnerID=40&md5=9f125407c42828203004341947f775d0
VL - 67
SN - 00277738 (ISSN)
ER -