Changing places Flashcards
What is a Space?
A geographical location
What is a place?
A space with a location function and a meaning
What three things must a place have?
A location
A locale (function)
A sense of place (meaning)
IN what sort of times can place be ignored or highlighted?
Times of political change
Social upheaval
Conflict
events (sporting events/elections)
What are the two types of places that aren’t in a fixed position called?
Temporarily transient
Spatially transient
What is a temporarily transient place? and example
the place is not always there all year round e.g. Glastonbury festival at worthy farm
What is a spatially transient place? and example?
A place that moves around e.g. a cruise ship (the diamond princess) or an ice cream truck
What two things build place identity?
Formal history
individual life events
What can represent place identity?
Architecture and iconography
Why do places change?
Because places are not isolated from outside influences and as a result when people objects and ideas enter the place will change
What does this mean places are?
Places are dynamic
What is an example of a place that has changed due to outside influences?
The ‘jungle of Calais’ In France
Because of the Syrian civil war, the Syrian refugee crisis started which forced many to seek a home in the UK but at the border they were forced to wait where to jungle of Calais was formed
What has Globalisation led places to look like?
Has led all places to become homogenous
What can happen if a place lacks any significant features?
Can led to a lack of attachment to said places
What four things has led to places to lose their individual place identity?
Commercialism - The push for companies to make more money
Mass marketing - all advertising and products are similar
Global culture - the rise of social media and faster transport has meant that global culture is becoming more similar
efficiency = Businesses want to make things as quickly and as cheaply as possible
What are the two extreme perceptions of place we have?
Topophilia
Topophobia
Topophilia definition
The love or like of a place
Topophobia definition
The hate of a place
What is sense of place?
Our relationship with place
What changes someone’s sense of place?
Individual experiences and formal history
What is perception of place?
The ideas and opinions we have about a place
What is place attachment?
the emotional bond between a person and place
Does our sense of place or perception of place come first?
Perception of places comes before our sense of place
What affects our attachment to a place?
The quality or intensity of the experiences we have
Why can a place that has bad experiences associated with it be a place we are attached to?
Because the experience may have been intense and therefore makes you attached to said place
What can happen if we become embedded in place?
We can be territorial, exclusive and defensive
What can defending a place lead to?
Localism, protectionism and nationalist rhetoric
What is a insider?
A person who knows a place well and knows its daily rhythm and events