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Stop: Toutes Directions is a collaborative research project investigating questions related to the spatial distribution of stop signs in regions of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Our research problems and questions focus on the interaction of written language, linguistic ideologies, and spatial patterning of visual material culture, using methodologies and approaches from linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and urban geography, among others. This project is the result of student research conducted at McGill University in the course 'Archaeological Methods' under the direction of Prof. Stephen Chrisomalis.
Survey Zones
To date we have identified 36 zones in Montreal, including the entirety of Cote-Saint-Luc, Westmount, Hampstead, and Montreal West, as well as significant portions of the city of Montreal, as potential survey sites to receive 100% coverage. Throughout March and April 2008, we have documented every sign in 31 of those areas, as indicated on the map below. We hope to complete additional survey work at the western edge of our survey area in the fall of 2008. Click on any of the placemarks on the map to see detailed information on specific stop signs of interest to the project.
Dataset (Excel spreadsheet; includes all data used in the compilation of the research reports, including 2816 distinct artifacts in the survey area) Research Reports
Stop, Arrêt or Arrêt/Stop: A nuanced approach (using agent-based data collection) to examining the language politics behind material culture in Montreal
Jess Beck Age and Signage: The Correlation between the Age of a Population and its Material Culture Sarah Bedard and Andrea Wong Outside the Octagon: A Study of Damaged Montreal Stop Signs Emma Chait When language leads to delinquency: Relationships between social aspects and vandalism on stop signs Claudine Gravel Miguel Appendix The Decline and Fall of the Arrêt/Stop Sign: Tracking and Studying a Disappearing Artifact David Groves Arrêt, Age Estimates, and ANOVA: A quantitative assessment of stop sign age and regional language in Montreal Dario Guiducci Getting priorities straight: municipal sign replacement strategies Solomon Klein Stop in the Name of the Law: Uncovering attitudes about authority in acts of vandalism of Montreal stop signs Gabriel Kravitz “Arrêt-stop”: panneaux d’arrêt bilingues et le profil sociopolitique de six divisions administratives de l’île de Montréal Han Han Li Taking a Step Back: Things we don’t see, things we don’t like Elizabeth Penttila Stop Signs and their Location: A Linguistic Analysis Valeria Rytova Appendix Which Way Should We Arrêt/Stop?: A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of Stop Signs on Traffic Flow in Montreal Julien Shoenfeld Appendices Inside Out: Montreal Language Use Inside the Home and Out on the Streets Alison Vadnais, Bridget Sandison and Sarah Vannice Preferential Vandalism of Stop Signs Based on Sign Language Yujing Wang Appendix A Appendix C An Invasion of English Vandals? A study of the language of vandalism on Montreal stop signs Sian Wilson Stop Sign Vandalism: An exploration of the influence of demographics and municipal variability Lisa Zimanyi Appendix Commercial and Residential Districts: Motives for stop sign replacement based on urban space function Emma Johnson  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
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