Historie psaná na uliční tabule: ke spontánnímu přejmenovávání městských veřejných prostranství (na příkladu Prahy)
History written on the street name signs: about the spontaneous renaming of urban public spaces (on the example of the urban toponymy of Prague)

Summary/Abstract: Urban toponyms are instruments through which the past is commemorated and introducedinto the public sphere. They represent a chronicle of the history of a giventerritory and its inhabitants. It is widely recognized that a revolutionary changesin political order are accompanied by a reconfiguring of urban space, of which therenaming of streets and other public spaces is an integral part. But sometimes it isnot the regime and its agenda that initiate changes in urban toponymy. This paper isfocused on some kind of spontaneous renaming made by residents. All examples arechoosen from Prague urban toponymy. These spontaneous urban toponyms remindlocal realities (e. g. náměstí Barikád – The Barricade Square) or political persons(e. g. Dubčekova třída – Dubček Street).

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