Changing places Flashcards
Three aspects of a place
Location, locale, sense of place
Location
Where a place is and the aspects of a place
Locale
Takes into account the effect people have on a place
Sense of place
Subjective and emotional attachment to a place
Three theoretical approaches to place
Descriptive, Social constructionist, phenomenological
Descriptive approach theory
-Studies location
-Quantitative
-The world is a set of places and and each place can be studied and is distinct
Descriptive approach fieldwork
Clone Town Survey - measures
balance of chain and local shops
- can be compared to national
balance to comment on extent
to which shopping is similar to
other places.
Social constructionist approach theory
-Studies locale
-Quantitative and qualitative
-Product of a particular set of social processes occurring at a particular time.
Social constructionist approach fieldwork
Participant Observation - measures people in place, but also reflects on atmosphere created
Phenomenological approach theory
-Studies sense of place
-Qualitative
-How an individual person experience place
Phenomenological approach fieldwork
Photo Survey (Emotional Derive)
- images selected that capture
own sense of place – annotated
to describe emotional response.
Identity
Sense of place developed
Scales of identity
localism, regionalism, nationalism
Insider perspective
viewpoint from an individual who lived in or has experience of a place
Outsider perspective
Less identity linked to the place
Near place
Geographically nearby (greater connection)
Far place
Distant connection can trigger exploration
Experienced place
A person has spent time in and created their own perception
Media place
Only seen on film or read about (can cause warped views)
Exogenous
Shifting flow of people, resources, money and investment due to external forces.
Endogenous
Characteristics that originated internally within the place.
Dispora
A group of people with a similar heritage or homeland who have settled elsewhere in the world.
