hypothesis: the process by which university buildings are named determines what it important to universities some examples - scholars - university presidents - major donors - social justice icons
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it would be very interesting to me to see a dataset of building names chosen at universities over time to see how the prevalence of names from each of these categories changed
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seriously though the University of *Edinburgh* btfoing motherfucking HUME for *George Floyd* is just incredible
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@FacultyMaths I challenge you to rededicate the Lucasian Professorship to Michael BrownShow this thread -
people are yelling at me, everyone is yelling at me "george is the name of the square, its named after king george iii now" as if that makes it better! scotland MORE owned!
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"yes in the name of social justice for black people in another country, we shall take a building named after our favorite son and rechristen it in honor of a literal King who oversaw and perpetuated the transatlantic slave trade at its height"
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Longshanks!
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Lol, begging the question about A level requirements. There's gotta be one op-ed that will go there. Hopefully!
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