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Toponyms on the ice: The symbolic and iconographical role of Antarctic research base names
Polar Record ( IF 1.4 ) Pub Date : 2021-06-16 , DOI: 10.1017/s003224742100022x
Neil Lindsay , Hong-Key Yoon

Place names serve a symbolic function in enforcing colonial power over landscapes. Within colonial locales, place names reproduce and reflect the ideological goals of settlers to reinforce or claim space for an individual, group or nation. One toponymically understudied colonial region where place names play a prominent role is the Antarctic, where the names of research bases promote the cultural power of settler nations to symbolically claim the continental landscape. As Antarctica is a geopolitically contested space, Antarctic research base names serve as an ideological purpose in reinforcing claims to the Antarctic, contrasting the ostensibly scientific purpose of research bases. This paper examines Antarctic research base names by categorising and interpreting their naming sources through a critical toponymic lens. This paper discusses general Antarctic naming trends and establishes possible reasons and outcomes of their employment, using three primary arguments: (1) Antarctic research base names are often nationalistic and reflect the implicit geopolitical goals of settler nations, (2) Antarctic research base names reflect and reproduce ongoing polar colonialism and (3) contestation over the naming of Antarctic research bases exemplifies the iconographical and cultural conflict between Antarctic nations. This paper seeks to provoke a future toponymic investigation into Antarctica and study Antarctic cultural landscapes more generally.

中文翻译:

冰上地名:南极研究基地名称的象征和形象作用

地名在加强对景观的殖民权力方面具有象征意义。在殖民地区,地名再现并反映了定居者的意识形态目标,以加强或为个人、群体或国家争取空间。南极洲是一个地名研究不足的殖民地区,其中地名发挥着重要作用,研究基地的名称促进了定居国家的文化力量,象征性地宣称拥有大陆景观。由于南极洲是一个地缘政治有争议的空间,南极研究基地的名称是加强对南极的主张的意识形态目的,与研究基地表面上的科学目的形成鲜明对比。本文通过批判地名学的视角对它们的命名来源进行分类和解释,从而检验了南极研究基地的名称。本文讨论了一般的南极命名趋势,并确定了使用它们的可能原因和结果,使用了三个主要论点:(1)南极研究基地名称通常具有民族主义色彩,反映了定居国隐含的地缘政治目标,(2)南极研究基地名称反映并再现正在进行的极地殖民主义和(3)对南极研究基地命名的争论体现了南极国家之间的图像和文化冲突。本文旨在激发未来对南极洲的地名调查,并更广泛地研究南极文化景观。(1) 南极研究基地的名称往往带有民族主义色彩,反映了定居国隐含的地缘政治目标,(2) 南极研究基地的名称反映和再现了正在进行的极地殖民主义,(3) 对南极研究基地命名的争论体现了图像和文化南极国家之间的冲突。本文旨在激发未来对南极洲的地名调查,并更广泛地研究南极文化景观。(1) 南极研究基地的名称往往带有民族主义色彩,反映了定居国隐含的地缘政治目标,(2) 南极研究基地的名称反映和再现了正在进行的极地殖民主义,(3) 对南极研究基地命名的争论体现了图像和文化南极国家之间的冲突。本文旨在激发未来对南极洲的地名调查,并更广泛地研究南极文化景观。
更新日期:2021-06-16
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