D20: Names and cultural heritage
 
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Available documents:

  • D20-01: Ormeling, F.J. (2004). Toponymic history. Powerpoint presentation presented at the toponymy course held in Bathhurst, Australia.
  • D20-02: Helleland, B. (2008). Place Names as identity Markers (URL).


Literature:

  • Helleland, B. (2006). The social and cultural values of geographical names. In H. Kerfoot (ed.) - Manual for the national standardization of geographical names. United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names, United Nations. Statistical Division. ISBN 92-1-161490-2. pp. 121-128.

  • Helleland, B. (2009). Place names as identity markers. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences on Names in Multi-Lingual, Multi-Cultural and Multi-Ethnic Contact, Toronto, Canada, 17-22 August, 2008. Pp. 501-510. (URL / pdf).

  • Helleland, B. (2009). Place names as a means of landscape identity. In P. Jordan et al. - Geographical names as part of the cultural heritage. Wiener Schriften zur Geographie und Kartographie Band 18, 2009.


Online resources:

The United Nations sell the following publications which also can be downloaded from the UNGEGN website:

  • Glossary of Terms for the Standardization of Geographical Names (New York 2002) / pdf

  • Manual for the national standardization of geographical names (UN - Ecosoc, New York, 2006   ST/ESA/STAT/SERM/88 Sales No. E.06.XVII.7 ISBN 92-1-161490-2, available in the 6 UN languages) / pdf

  • Technical reference manual for the standardization of geographical names (New York, 2007) / pdf

  • Resolutions adopted at the ten UN Conferences on the standardization of geographical names (English (pdf) / French (pdf)

 

 
 
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