{"id":24219,"date":"2026-06-27T19:25:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T23:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=24219"},"modified":"2026-06-27T19:25:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T23:25:48","slug":"whats-in-a-name-exploring-place-names-as-forms-of-social-and-geographic-storytelling","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/event\/whats-in-a-name-exploring-place-names-as-forms-of-social-and-geographic-storytelling\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s in a Name? \u200bExploring Place Names as Forms of Social and Geographic Storytelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Summary<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explore the profound social, historical, and political meanings behind the names attached to places.\u00a0Far from simple labels, place names, or toponyms, are power-laden expressions of a community\u2019s identity, values, and ongoing struggles for recognition. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Session Focus<\/h4>\n<p>All Grade Levels | Human and Cultural Geography | <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inquiry<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Conference Room<\/h4>\n<p>Cullen<\/p>\n<h4>Meet the Presenter<\/h4>\n<p><strong><span class=\"il\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17447 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BrianSmith-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"76\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BrianSmith-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BrianSmith-817x1024.jpg 817w, https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BrianSmith-768x963.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BrianSmith.jpg 957w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\" \/>Brian<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Smith<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is a full-time\u00a0middle\u00a0school teacher in Oak Ridge, TN where he teaches World History and Geospatial Technologies. He is also the Tennessee Geographic Alliance Executive Director.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Explore the profound social, historical, and political meanings behind the names attached to places.\u00a0Far from simple labels, place names, or toponyms, are power-laden expressions of a community\u2019s identity, values, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":23317,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[89,114],"tribe_events_cat":[107],"class_list":["post-24219","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-annual-conference","tag-saturday-morning-session","tribe_events_cat-conference-sessions","cat_conference-sessions"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/24219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/24219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24220,"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/24219\/revisions\/24220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24219"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=24219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}