Changing Places Key Termns Flashcards
Location
A point in space with specific links to other points in space
Locale
Setting where built and social interconnect
Sense of place
Subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place
Endogenous
Factors affecting the characters of a place from inside
Exogenous
Factors affecting the characters of a place from outside
Media place
The virtual world, which undermines the traditional relationship between the physical and social setting
Private place
Places which are experienced and with which people have specific attachments
Experienced place
A place that is known and has been visited
Public place
Places which are connected to natural history, art or state of power
Insiders
The people who live in a place
Outsiders
The people who visit a place
Near place
Places we visit regularly
Far place
Global in scale and include both physical and virtual places
Place
Locations with meaning
Placelessness
The idea that a particular landscape, such as an airport, “could be anywhere” because it lack uniqueness
Tophilia
A strong attachment to a place
Topophobia
A dread or adverse reaction to a place
Gesellschaft
Ever changing life of the large cosmopolitan, commercial city
Gemeinschaft
Unchanging peasant society, organised in small inward looking, idyllic communities, based on kindship
Dialect
A form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group
Accent
They way in which people in a particular area, country or social group pronounce words
Meaning
Relates to people’s perception of a place
Representation
How a place is portrayed or seen in society
place meaning- 911 memorial, New York
Tourists like to view the site as a place that is for people to remember what happened, but to someone who may know the victims may find it a bit insensitive for it to be a place that anyone an visit and get gifts from the shop, they may view it as making a mockery out of people who lost their life.
what contributes towards perception of a place
your own experience, family or friend experience, social media, what’s said in the news, word of mouth
field of care- Yi-Fu-Tuan
‘affective bond between people, and place or setting’. May not be easily understood by visitors
the character of a place is shaped by
physical geography as well as demographic and economic factors
forces of change in the place- making process
TNCs, individuals, local community groups, national government, international institutions (group of countries), local governments, national institutions, global institutions (everyone)
TNC and national government force of change: Scunthorpe
Tata Steel- lost 900 jobs, more than 4000 steel jobs at risk across Britain, steel will have to be imported from abroad (where prices are cheaper and their steel industry is protected) its been there for over 50 years.
the public made their support clear by marching down the town busy high street.
the government are the only people with power to change the situation.
if the national government stepped in and protected the use of British steel, this would make a positive impact on the Scunthorpe and other Tata steel sites across the country, as demand would increase, which can lead to the creation of new jobs, as more output would need t be produced. If gov. didn’t do this there would be a loss of 900 jobs.
The company was sold to British Steel in April 2016 for £1, and it was renamed British Steel Ltd. To save jobs, some mills were closed, losing 490 jobs. However in 2017 the company returned to profit, with new investment in railways and a £50m investment to upgrade the mills.
Trafalgar square- a national place
national gallery- built in 1838 to house 38 pictures by John Angerstein, bought it for £57 000 to rival other galleries.
first deliberately planned public square in London. evolved between 1830 and 1860.
Trafalgar square has been used for protests, as it’s busy and draws attention to protestors
Nelson’s column- built between 1840 and 1844. Admiral Nelson famously defeated the forces of Napoleonic France and Bourbon in Spain in 1805.
Admiralty arch- commissioned by British government in memory of Queen Victoria.
