Use of Business-Naming Practices to Delineate Vernacular Regions: A Michigan Example

Matthew Liesch; Linda M. Dunklee; Robert J. Legg; Anthony D. Feig; Austin Jena Krause

doi:10.1080/00221341.2014.965187

Use of Business-Naming Practices to Delineate Vernacular Regions: A Michigan Example

Matthew Liesch, Linda M. Dunklee, Robert J. Legg, Anthony D. Feig, Austin Jena Krause

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This article provides a history of efforts to map vernacular regions as context for offering readers a way of using business directories in order to construct a GIS-based map of vernacular regions. With Michigan as a case study, the article discusses regional-naming conventions, boundaries, and inclusions and omissions of areas from regional labels in order to offer educators ideas that can enhance classroom content on regions. This article concludes by providing suggestions for classroom activities collecting, analyzing, and discussing vernacular region patterns and processes in accordance with National Geography Standard Five at the eighth-grade level.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	188-196
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Geography
Volume	114
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00221341.2014.965187
State	Published - Sep 3 2015

Keywords

pedagogy
popular region
regional characteristics
regional geography
representation of place

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