The space of metaphor in the space of the created locus (based on Hrant Matevosyan’s prose)
... the Armenian capital throughout the 20
th
and 21
st
centuries there was a deliberate displacement of some signs by others — from the demolition of religious and Soviet architectural objects to toponymic transformations. Analyzing examples of street renaming, the authors reveal how
ideological strategies are manifested both in state
initiatives and in local commercial names. Particular attention is paid to
protest movements (from 1988 to 2022), in which the street acts as a space for
the articulation ...
