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With all the interest in statue removals & renaming these days, I thought some might find further inspiration from our book, "The Political Life of Urban Streetscapes: Naming, Politics, & Place," the entire intro chapter of which is available at https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Political_Life_of_Urban_Streetscapes.html?id=QkYrDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false @MLKStreet
For a shorter read, @MLKStreet and I also published a piece on "Confederate Memorials and the Unjust Geography of Memory" in the wake of Charlottesville in 2017, which is even more relevant today. https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/08/what-the-history-of-street-renaming-can-teach-us-about-americas-confederate-monument-battle/538161/
The @citytalks lecture series this past spring was on the theme of "Changing Memoryscapes in the City" and featured talks by @emmarenaerts & @NadineNakagawa on the politics of colonial statues/monuments. The full videos of the talks are available at: http://citytalks.geog.uvic.ca/section/current-lectures
I also gave a @citytalks lecture on "The Urban Streetscapes as Political Cosmos" followed by panel disc on "The Politics of Street Naming in the City of Victoria," which might help inform current discussions of renaming. The full video is available at: http://citytalks.geog.uvic.ca/section/september-14-urban-streetscape-political-cosmos-panel-politics-street-naming-city-victoria
More recently, @wilpoligeo and I wrote a short piece titled "Why Activists are Vandalizing Statues to Colonialism" for The Conversation back in March https://theconversation.com/why-activists-are-vandalizing-statues-to-colonialism-129750
"Removing a statue, monument, or place name does not erase history. It serves as a reminder that the future is not cast in stone." https://theconversation.com/why-activists-are-vandalizing-statues-to-colonialism-129750
