Changing Places Flashcards
Sense of Place
The subjective feelings associated with a place.
Formed by interactions with local businesses, people and representation
Locale
The way a place is shaped by the customs and culture within it
Media Place
Places that people have not been to but have created a sense of place through their depiction from books, art and film
Identity
An assemblage of personal characteristics such as gender, sexuality, race and religion
Well- being
The positive outcome of a shared identity and sense of belonging
Representation of place
The cultural practices by which human societies interpret & portray the world around them & represent themselves to others
Endogenous factor
Those factors that originate from within, e.g topography, location, water, land-use, demographic, economy
Exogenous factors
Factors that originate from without, externally, e.g Universities, chain stores
Palimpsest
Something that has changed over time and shows evidence of that change
Rebranding
The process of creating a new perspective of a place seen by others at home or abroad
Re-imaging
The process of regenerating a city’s economy & physical fabric as well as projecting a new positive urban image
Experienced place
A place that has been visited. During the time spent there a sense of place has been created. Sense of the place effected by the relationships and interactions with the place and people there
Positive and negatives of stats
+ lots of quantitative data, population structure etc.
- interpretation can be subjective, doesn’t show sense of place
Positive and negatives of maps
+ show quantitative data and show inequalities, can be qualitative show levels of happiness (sense of place)
- historical maps may be misleading, may not accurate
Positive and negatives of film, photography and art
+ show sense of place, show character, evoke a sense of place
- paintings less reliable, subjective, photos of a given moment eg times of day may look different
