Changing places key terms

Question 1

Place

Answer 1

Defined as location with meaning. Places can be meaningful to indivdiduals in ways that are personal and subjective or meaningful at a socio-cultural level and these meanings may differ across groups. (place= location + meaning)- what a place is

Question 2

Locale

Answer 2

This is the place where something happens or is set, or that has particular events associated with it.

Question 3

Location

Answer 3

Where a place is, for example the co-ordinates on a map

Question 4

Insider perspective

Answer 4

A level of knowledge, perception or understanding of a place-based upon personal experience- ie. a resident of Cobham has a better insider perspective and sense of place than an outsider.

Question 5

Outsider perspective

Answer 5

The opposite of an insider perspective- someone visiting or with an exclusively media perceptions about a place.

Question 6

Experienced place

Answer 6

Direct experience of a place can certainly create a sense of belonging and over time a sense of place.

Question 7

Media place

Answer 7

The media often presents a place in a way which contrasts with our lived experiences of it. Publicity for tourism, films and estate agents all have different purposes to portray a place in a certain way.

Question 8

Endogenous

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Characteristics of a place that originated internally

Question 9

Exogeneous

Answer 9

External factors which affect a place.

Question 10

Demographic change

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The shifting make up of an areas population- age, nationalities, religion , gender etc.

Question 11

Cultural characteristics

Answer 11

In order to better understand culture, it is useful to closely examine its characteristics and their ramifications on how people may view their culture- language, demographics, polictical views etc.

Question 12

Economic change

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Shifting economic characteristics of an area- such as economic sectors, deindustrialisation, rise of services, employment changes, GDP per capita etc.

Question 13

Social inequalities

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The existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within society.

Question 14

Localities

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A personal way of saying area o neighbourhood.

Question 15

Lived experience

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The representation of the experiences and choices of a given person in a given place, and the knowledge they gain from these experiences and choices.

Question 16

External agencies

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Authorities outside of a specific place, or that oversee some aspect of society eg. government, councils and TNCs.

Question 17

Cartographical data

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Data that can be observed, manipulated and reported from mapping in one way or another to give a preconceived, calculated notion of a place.

Question 18

Qualitative data

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Information that is non-numerical and used in an unstructured and open-ended way to show characteristics of a place; descriptive information eg. interviews from focus groups, paintings, photographs.

Question 19

Quantitative data

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Data that can be quantified and verified and is amendable to statistical manipulation.

Question 20

What is culture?

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Culture provides a sense of identity and attachment to a place. It has several modes of expression or traits- language, religion, architecture, art, food, skills and technology.

Question 21

Homogenisation

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The process of making things uniform or similar, leading to places becoming indistinct from one another (clone town, chain high streets in cobham/Stratford)

Question 22

What are endogenous factors?

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-The local, internal characteristics which create a places identity
-physical geography and topography, location, land use and built environment, demographic, infrastructure, economic

Question 23

Exogenous factors

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-External influences on a places identity, caused by relationships with other places
-for example Chelsea FC and celebrities moving in, greenbelt, wisely A3 interchange in cobham, Olympic in Stratford

Question 24

Genius loci

Answer 24

The spirit and sense of place