Rename Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/rename/ Practical remedies to disputes over historical markers in public spaces Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:10:53 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://contestedhistories.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-CH_Symbol_Light_Bkg@10x-32x32.png Rename Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/rename/ 32 32 State College Carlos Marighella in Salvador https://contestedhistories.org/resources/case-studies/state-college-carlos-marighella-in-salvador?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-college-carlos-marighella-in-salvador Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://contestedhistories.org/resources// A state college named after the authoritarian President Emilío Garrastuza Médici (1969-1974) has officially changed its name to Carlos Marighella, a guerrilla fighter against the Brazilian military regime (1964-1985). The current name was chosen after the college held an election in 2013, which was preceded by a series of talks about the historical characters that […]

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]]> A state college named after the authoritarian President Emilío Garrastuza Médici (1969-1974) has officially changed its name to Carlos Marighella, a guerrilla fighter against the Brazilian military regime (1964-1985). The current name was chosen after the college held an election in 2013, which was preceded by a series of talks about the historical characters that could be honoured in the renaming. In February 2014, the government officially changed the name of the college from Médici to Marighella after decades of interest in change and frustration over the name Médici. This move has also sparked interest in similarly named schools to also attempt to change their names.

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]]> Bridge Honestino Guimares https://contestedhistories.org/resources/case-studies/ponte-honestino-guimares?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ponte-honestino-guimares Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://contestedhistories.org/resources// The Bridge Costa e Silva (named after the 2nd president of Brazil’s military dictatorship) in Brasília, Brazil, was inaugurated on February 6 1976, by the military president Ernesto Geisel, connecting the ‘Lago Sul’ neighbourhood to Brasília’s downtown. Its name has been targeted by local politicians and civil society groups since the end of the dictatorship. […]

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]]> The Bridge Costa e Silva (named after the 2nd president of Brazil’s military dictatorship) in Brasília, Brazil, was inaugurated on February 6 1976, by the military president Ernesto Geisel, connecting the ‘Lago Sul’ neighbourhood to Brasília’s downtown. Its name has been targeted by local politicians and civil society groups since the end of the dictatorship. After the establishment of the National Truth Commission in 2011, a body responsible for investigating human rights abuses committed by the dictatorship, popular initiatives to rename the bridge intensified. However, the Federal District’s Legislative Chamber only approved a bill renaming the bridge in 2015. The chosen name was Honestino Guimarães, a university student leader who went missing after being kidnapped by the dictatorship. However, antagonistic voices in society led to lawsuits that revoked the renaming. Until 2022, the Bridge was renamed several times, whether by the federal government or public initiatives, but the name of Honestino Guimarães was eventually consolidated by law with Bill 1967/2021, resignifying the story of the bridge.

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