Naming practices differ fundamentally between insider and outsider perspectives on a place

Evidence

The names we use for rocks and other beings depends on our perspective, whether we are speaking from the inside or the outside of the circle. The name on our lips reveals the knowledge we have of each other, hence the sweet secret names we have for the ones we love. The names we give ourselves are a powerful form of self-determination, of declaring ourselves sovereign territory. Outside the circle, scientific names for mosses may suffice, but within the circle, what do they call themselves? — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss, 50

Categorization

• XREF: Interior-naming versus survey-naming is exactly Along the Archival Grain’s archive of affect, and resonates with the reader’s naming-law thread across polyad (dress-dictated names, Linnaean protocols). — connects to: Mosses usually lack common names because no one has bothered to give them — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural…, 47; Indigenous languages encoded moss distinctions that English collapses into one word — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural…, 423; Insiders must borrow outsider-coined names to maintain their reputation — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 361 (+1 more)
• CANDY: The question — but within the circle, what do they call themselves? — lands in any conversation about what names we use for landscapes, plants, lovers.

Broader Connections

• Identities are reinforced by outsider-given labels #expands (0.75)
• Insiders must borrow outsider-coined names to maintain their reputation #exemplifies (0.72) — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 361