Changing Places

Question 1

Location

Answer 1

Where a place is.

Question 2

Locale

Answer 2

The impact of people have on a place.

Eg) culture. History. Customs.

Question 3

Sense of place

Answer 3

The subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place.

The meanings associated with a place.

Question 4

Place

Answer 4

summary of a places characteristics, flows and perceptions

LOCATION + MEANING

Question 5

Give some examples of place at different scales.

Answer 5

Bedroom, building, country, region.

= rouse shared feelings in people.

Question 6

give examples of different ways sense of place can be created.

Answer 6

• History- memories (personal or shared with a nation)
• famous architecture, people etc can be attached to a certain place.
• shared experiences can give people a particular sense of place.

Question 7

What us meant by dynamic place?

Answer 7

A place subject to constant change in their material structure (physical) and meaning.

Question 8

How can a place invoke ‘in place’ and ‘out of place’ feelings?

Answer 8

Place is a social construct with many factors affecting its meaning

demographic and socio-physical factors can influence how easily people can find a sense of belonging in place.

Question 9

What are some demography factors?

Answer 9

Place of birth, residence, age.

Question 10

What are socio-phycological factors?

Answer 10

Gender, sexuality, religion, ethnicity, role in society.

Question 11

What does Perception mean?

Answer 11

The way in which something is viewed, regarded or considered

Question 12

How does perception affect a sense of place?

Answer 12

Different perceptions lead to different understandings of a place. This can result in different attachments that determine weather a person feels like an insider or an outsider.

Question 13

What is an insider?

Answer 13

The perspective of someone who knows a place well and is familiar with its topography and its daily rhymes and events.

Question 14

What is an outsider?

Answer 14

The perspective of someone who does not know a place well (visitor) OR someone who is marginalised in a community (made unwelcome eg. Homeless or a minority)

Question 15

What is an example of how someone could feel like an insider and outsider in the same place?

Answer 15

• diff times of day = diff atmosphere and types of people.
• office blocks and shopping areas.

Political and economic groups could change the architecture and function of a place. Resulting in a changing demographic and atmosphere.

Question 16

How does national identity affect a persons sense of place?

Answer 16

It can generate feelings of “us and them” based on shared experiences and values.

Question 17

Topophilia

Answer 17

Love of a place

Question 18

Topophobia

Answer 18

Fear of a place

Question 19

Give examples of positive and negatives responses to “us and them” feelings.

Answer 19

Positive: national pride can bring communities together and create a sense of belonging.
Negative: xenophobia and racism. Or political outcomes such as the EU referendum.

Question 20

What are different ways media represents place?

Answer 20

Publicity for tourism, films, estate agencies, films, music, comedy

All have particular purpose = bias

Question 21

Can digital tech change place perception?

Answer 21

Yes it can make the difference between virtual and expirience place blurred.

Question 22

What is an endogenous factor? Give examples

Answer 22

The local internal characteristics which give a place its identity.

Eg) topography, land use, geology, location, built environment, demographic, economic.

Question 23

Define exogenous. And give eg.

Answer 23

External influences on a places identity. Caused by a places relationship with other places.

Eg) resources, ideas(architects businesses…), investment from capital, people.

Question 24

What is global shift

Answer 24

A consequence of globalisation and an increase in foreign direct investment in Newley/ recently industrialised countries.

Question 25

What has caused deindustrialisation in the UK?

Answer 25

Global shift

Question 26

What are the effects of global shift?

Answer 26

Deindustrialisation/ industrialisation

= changing demographic, culture, socioeconomic character of place.

Question 27

What are some negative effects of global shift on areas experiencing deindustrialisation?

Answer 27

• Structural unemployment
• Widening socioeconomic inequality
• out migration
• Negative multiplayer effect = closure of retail and leisure opportunities

Question 28

Positive effects of global shift on areas of deindustrialisation

Answer 28

Cheaper import of manufacture goods

Retraining opportunities - for higher wage industry

More efficient industries remain = economic growth and job creation

Question 29

How has londons docklands seen shifting flow? And what are the effects of this?

Answer 29

Shifting flow towards commercial and financial functions = changing demographic and cultural characteristics.