Naming Rights, Place Branding, and the Cultural Landscapes of - Neoliberal Urbanis

This edited collection examines the political economy and cultural politics of urban place naming and considers how the commodification of naming rights is transforming the cultural landscapes of contemporary cities.

List of contents

Preface
Reuben Rose-Redwood, Jani Vuolteenaho, Craig Young and Duncan Light
Introduction: Naming rights, place branding, and the tumultuous cultural landscapes of neoliberal urbanism
Reuben Rose-Redwood, Jani Vuolteenaho, Craig Young and Duncan Light
1. "This venue is brought to you by. . .": the diffusion of sports and entertainment facility name sponsorship in urban Europe
Jani Vuolteenaho, Matthias Wolny and Guy Puzey
2. Scalar tensions in urban toponymic inscription: the corporate (re)naming of football stadia
Dominic Medway, Gary Warnaby, Leah Gillooly and Steve Millington
3. Who owns the name? Fandom, social inequalities and the contested renaming of a football club in Timişoara, Romania
Remus Creţan
4. Data, dispossession, and Facebook: techno-imperialism and toponymy in gentrifying San Francisco
Erin McElroy
5. "Turn your brand into a destination": toponymic commodification and the branding of place in Dubai and Winnipeg
Reuben Rose-Redwood, Maral Sotoudehnia and Eliot Tretter
6. City renaming as brand promotion: exploring neoliberal projects and community resistance in New Zealand
Robin Kearns and Nicolas Lewis
Afterword: The names of urban dispossession
David Madden

About the author

Reuben Rose-Redwood is Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.
Jani Vuolteenaho is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki in Finland.
Craig Young is Professor in the Department of Natural Sciences at Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom.
Duncan Light is Senior Lecturer in Tourism at Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom.

Summary

This edited collection examines the political economy and cultural politics of urban place naming and considers how the commodification of naming rights is transforming the cultural landscapes of contemporary cities.

Product details

• Authors: Reuben Vuolteenaho Rose-Redwood
• Assisted by: Duncan Light (Editor), Light Duncan (Editor), Reuben Rose-Redwood (Editor), Jani Vuolteenaho (Editor), Vuolteenaho Jani (Editor), Craig Young (Editor), Young Craig (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.09.2023
• EAN: 9780367756260
• ISBN: 978-0-367-75626-0
• No. of pages: 152
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Business and Management, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Business & management, Urban & municipal planning, Human Geography, Urban and municipal planning and policy