territorialization
- noun
- /ˌtɛrɪˌtɔːriəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
- The territorialization of resources in the region has led to clearer governance and management.
Examples
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However, as Michael Rothberg argues, the memories of them may become re-contextualized "as rhizomatic networks of temporality and cultural reference that exceed territorialization (whether at the local or national level) and identitarian reduction" ("Introduction" 7).
Academic text (2012) -
To this map of territorialization, then, further expansiveness is possible only in the crossing over from one language to another through translation and in the recounting of that transformation.
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Such expectation indicates a museological practice that necessarily exalts one's fellow humans and suggests territorialization as the museum's methodological and political strategy.
Academic text (2014) -
Through territorialization, the state defined specific boundaries for conservation areas.
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The territorialization of the community was evident when new laws were enacted to protect local practices.
Synonyms
A way of dividing an area into regions for local government or services
The act of dividing land or other areas into smaller parts
A process of dividing something into separate parts to make it easier to manage
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
territorialization = territorial (semi-transparent) = territory + al + ization
The noun is regularly formed from the adjective 'territorial' with '-ization', so the structural link is clear.
Etymology
Territorialization comes from the word territory, which comes from a root meaning 'land' and is the same idea you see in terrain. The ending -ization means a 'process', so territorialization is the process of marking, organizing, or making an area into a territory.