Oh wow, those are great examples too! While what I was talking about was names being used to assert authority and justify the dispossession of others, names can, of course, be a powerful way of to assert your right to exist in a particular space, as a way to express solidarity or identity. And these can be positives as well as negatives.
I haven't been to New York for over a decade, but I'm fascinated by its history because it seems to be created in layers and waves, with the present building on, and subtly transforming, what came before.
Some, equally unfortunately, powerful people have even gone so far as to say that all education should be directly vocational and be dicontinued if it does not immediately result in a job.
It seems to me that this is a reaction to the problems facing twentysomethings at the moment - you know, the anxiety and anger that, in spite of what we were told and promised, going to university doesn't automatically lead to a stable, materially secure and happy future. It's not a good reaction, but it does make some sense.
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I haven't been to New York for over a decade, but I'm fascinated by its history because it seems to be created in layers and waves, with the present building on, and subtly transforming, what came before.
Some, equally unfortunately, powerful people have even gone so far as to say that all education should be directly vocational and be dicontinued if it does not immediately result in a job.
It seems to me that this is a reaction to the problems facing twentysomethings at the moment - you know, the anxiety and anger that, in spite of what we were told and promised, going to university doesn't automatically lead to a stable, materially secure and happy future. It's not a good reaction, but it does make some sense.