Jerry Mitchell's scientific contributions

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... Street names are not neutral: they do not merely describe the characters to whom the streets are dedicated but also the connected memory and values that a specific municipality goes to celebrate. From the 2021 Black Lives Matter protests (Atuire, 2020) to the South Tyrolean streets renaming operated by the fascist regime (Fait & Fattor, 2010;Lucarno, 2005), recent history is littered with episodes in which toponymy has been the subject of identity and ethnic tensions and clashes (Cohen & Kliot, 1992;Guyot & Seethal, 2007;Azaryahu & Kook, 2002;Mitchell & Alderman, 2014). In fact, values and memory infused in toponymy impact its citizens' perceptions and feelings of inclusion. ...