Changing places key terms Flashcards
Place
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
Locale
This is the place where something happens or is set, or that has particular events associated with it.
Location
Where a place is, for example the co-ordinates on a map
Insider perspective
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.
Outsider perspective
The opposite of an insider perspective- someone visiting or with an exclusively media perceptions about a place.
Experienced place
Direct experience of a place can certainly create a sense of belonging and over time a sense of place.
Media place
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.
Endogenous
Characteristics of a place that originated internally
Exogeneous
External factors which affect a place.
Demographic change
The shifting make up of an areas population- age, nationalities, religion , gender etc.
Cultural characteristics
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.
Economic change
Shifting economic characteristics of an area- such as economic sectors, deindustrialisation, rise of services, employment changes, GDP per capita etc.
Social inequalities
The existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within society.
Localities
A personal way of saying area o neighbourhood.
Lived experience
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.
External agencies
Authorities outside of a specific place, or that oversee some aspect of society eg. government, councils and TNCs.
Cartographical data
Data that can be observed, manipulated and reported from mapping in one way or another to give a preconceived, calculated notion of a place.
Qualitative data
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.
Quantitative data
Data that can be quantified and verified and is amendable to statistical manipulation.
What is culture?
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.
Homogenisation
The process of making things uniform or similar, leading to places becoming indistinct from one another (clone town, chain high streets in cobham/Stratford)
What are endogenous factors?
-The local, internal characteristics which create a places identity
-physical geography and topography, location, land use and built environment, demographic, infrastructure, economic
Exogenous factors
-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
Genius loci
The spirit and sense of place
