Changing places - definitions Flashcards
What is a community group?
An organised collection of people with shared interests and aims often concerning aspects of public life.
What is an endogenous factor?
These constitute the characteristics of the place itself, including aspects such as climate, topography, land use, the built environment and social and economic characteristics, all of which contribute to peoples’ experience of the place and their sense of place.
What is an exogenous factor?
These constitute external agents and processes that affect the character of a place and the experiences of those who live there.
What is an experienced place?
A place in which a person has actually spent time and directly experienced its characteristics.
What is a far place?
A place that a person perceives as being physically distant. The place may be viewed as being different to that of their own experienced place.
What are identities?
A combination of physical, psychological and behavioural traits that contribute to a person’s self-awareness and how others perceive them.
What is an insider perspective?
A viewpoint from an individual who typically lives in a place and therefore has frequent, direct experience of that place, and understands the social and cultural norms.
What is a media place?
A place that has a meaning for a person as a result of exposure to images and information about that place via TV, radio, print, film or online.
What is a near place?
A location that a person perceives as being physically close, whether spatially or through easy access.
What is an outsider perspective?
A viewpoint from an individual who is not from a place or who doesn’t live there and has little experience of the place.
What is perspective in relation to place?
A particular attitude or view towards a place. This can be influenced by media representation and/or personal experience.
What is a place?
An area on the Earth’s surface which is identified as distinct by the people who live in it or visit it, and which has meaning for them.
What is representation in relation to place?
How a place is portrayed by the views, statements and communications of others.
