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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Miyamoto, Bénédicte author Ojala-Fulwood, Maija author Čapská, Veronika author Bakas, Fiona Eva author Lyman, Igor author Barros del Río, María Amor author Bostenaru Dan, Maria author Comino, Alba author Frigren, Pirita author Konstantinova, Victoria author Martins, Heidi author Prosinger, Lívia author Räsänen, Pauliina author Ristovska-Josifovska, Biljana author Ruiz, Marie author 2024-10-25 This article investigates the memorialization of migrant women across transcultural landscapes, and analyses results from the Register of Migrant Women Landmarks in Europe (hereinafter RMWLE), central to the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) action project “Women on the Move” (CA19112 – WEMov). It serves as reference for subsequent research based on data from this Register, for which data collection is continuing. The RMWLE registers toponyms, such as monuments, plaques, streets and other infrastructures named after women with a significant history of migration. It honours aspects rarely prioritized in memorialisation agendas, which are skewed towards men’s stories, and towards the more linear biographies of sedentary figures whose European, national, and regional memorialisation have remained uncomplicated by migration. This Deep Data study reveals recurring patterns at the level of Europe in the memorialisation of these women migrants. The diversity of stories, the richness and the prominence of landmarks devoted to men compared to women is a subject well-covered in memorialisation studies. This unbalance is compounded by the data from our register which shows landmarks on women migrants that are sometime tokenized, often marginalized, and which reproduce the bias towards nurture and care that have besieged the memorialisation of women in general. It further shows that the memorialisation process and the political and cultural mechanisms of official celebration often work against the recognition of cross-border careers and stories. The intersectionality of the project, highlighting both gender and migration, uncovers a political landscape of toponyms – and we reflect on how this register can help combat cultural prejudice by recovering migration episodes. The RMWLE helps us reflect on the defining impact of migration episodes, a reality rarely underlined in the biographies of famous women. This article favours a storytelling approach, to counter dominant cultural narratives and knowledge practices. 2732-5121 http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9885 10.12688/openreseurope.18433.1 2732-5121 Gender inequality Migration Toponomy Cultural memory Memory politics Critical place-naming Materiality of Memorialisation: Mapping Migrant Women's Landmarks in Europe