derekgeographer.bsky.social
Chancellor's Prof. at Univ. of Tennessee, Former Pres. of AAG, Geographer of Memory, Race, Social Justice, Naming, Mapping, Tourism, SE USA http://mlkstreet.com http://tourismreset.com https://derekalderman.com/
👤 Joined on 09 November 2024
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@derekgeographer.bsky.social"Place names are quite important to people's identity as well as key resources in educating our youth and being key parts of treaties, policy documents and maps used for a variety of economic and political activities." @derekgeographer.bsky.social @newsweek.com share.google/FhVkMTps9vcM...
Show PostCheck out this editorial written by my close compadre @derekgeographer.bsky.social and @psugeo.bsky.social alum Reuben Rose-Redwood thehill.com/opinion/whit...
Show Post@geographers.bsky.social @americangeo.bsky.social Sharing video tutorials by Tenn Geographic Alliance to help teachers critically interpret place names as storytelling, use primary sources of geographical & historical data, gain tools to engage students tngeographicalliance.org/whats-in-a-n...
Show PostCongratulations to I-NAME Founder @derekgeographer.bsky.social and I-NAME member @reubenroseredwood.bsky.social for another great op-ed article addressing in this era of "toponymic narcissism"! thehill.com/opinion/whit...
Show Post"When you rename the Gulf, you're talking about extending territory in a symbolic sense...that you simply & in a unilateral way rename a place, claim it, that's a pretty old process that's been going on since the days of colonializations" @derekgeographer.bsky.social eu.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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