Open AccessChapter 8. The politics of place names: a summation
Author(s) -
Urban Wråkberg
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
septentrio conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2387-3086
DOI - 10.7557/5.3585
Subject(s) - toponymy , archipelago , politics , arctic , perspective (graphical) , foundation (evidence) , the arctic , history , geography , archaeology , political science , geology , law , computer science , oceanography , artificial intelligence
Remarks at the conclusion of a workshop, sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation, and held in Oslo, Norway, from 12-13 May 2015, to discuss the historic place names of the High Arctic archipelago of Franz Josef Land. Discussed are new approaches to toponymic research suggested at the workshop, as well as perspective based in the author’s research on the toponymic history of Kong Karls Land in Svalbard.