4b.3c - placing place

Question 1

State 4 facts that showed slough’s initial change in culture

Answer 1

1) Fertility rates and mortality rates change
2) Migration brings new culture
3) Social clustering reflects the extent of shared identity and allows culture to be expressed
4) Artefacts (objects), sociofacts (behaviour), and mentefacts (meaning) – i.e. shops, clothing, buildings, shared spaces and recreation.

Question 2

Define place

Answer 2

Location + meaning

Question 3

What are dynamics?

Answer 3

Changes that are happening, either materially, but also the meanings associated with them

Question 4

Define meaning

Answer 4

The shared perceptions and feelings about a place (e.g. beautiful, dangerous)
+ but not all meaning shared by everyone
+ It gives precision to the idea of place, rather than just it’s landscape, or the area or the region it’s in.

Question 5

Describe reasons for slough’s recent culture change

Answer 5

1) Social media introduces new cultural ideas that might be adopted.
2) BUT: as 2nd/3rd generations integrate into the host culture, culture can be diluted.
3) OR: culture can be exploited if it becomes a tourist attraction. Or something to be consumed.