Changing places (sheets) Flashcards
What does the word place mean mean?
A location or place Memory History Happy Sad Angry
Why do people interact with places differently?
How people see the place, how it is views and regarded
What does the word location mean?
Where a place is, for example, the coordinates on a map
What does the word locale mean?
Takes into account the effect that people have on their setting. In terms of locale, a place is shaped by the people, cultures and customs within it.
What does ‘sense of place’ mean?
This refers to the subjective and emotional attachment people have a place. This may be completely different when looked at from another’s perspective.
Who is Doreen Massey?
- Feminism
- British social and economic geographer- Places have multiple identities.
Who is Y Fu Tuan?
- Chinese US geographer
- Contrats place with the allied concept of space.
- Place is security while space is freedom
Who is Tim Cresswell?
British Geographer
Considers the social and cultural significance of place- wealth.
What do we mean by a destructive approach?
Is the idea that the world is a set of places and each place can be studied and is distinct.
What do we mean by ‘social constructionist approach’?
Sees place as a product of a particular set of social processes occurring at a particular time. For example Trafalgar square - British naval victory
What do we mean by a phenomenological approach?
Is not interested in the unique characteristics of a place or why it was constructed. It is interested how individual experience the place.
How does the Newspaper foster a sense of place?
- Know people
- Influences you
- areas you know
- What happen in area that might affect you.
How does playing or watching local sport foster a sense of place?
- Oxford united- know whats going on
- Togetherness
- Support
- know people on team
How does the attending local events foster a sense of place?
- Supporting local economy
- see many people
- attracts tourists
- community + relationships
- Social colestion (good)
- Social divergence
What are the 3 scales that are evident when looking at identity.
Localism
Regionalism
Nationalism
Summarise Localism
An affection for an emotional ownership of a particular place. Localism rarely manifests itself in a political sense but can be demonstrated in “nimby”
Summarise Regionalism
Conscious of, and loyalty to a distinct region with a population that shares similarities
Summarise Nationalism
Loyalty and devotion to a nation which creates a sense of national consciousness. Patriotism could be considered as an example of a sense of place.
What does the word ‘Placemaking’ mean?
The deliberate shaping of an environment to facilitate social interaction and improve a community’s quality of life.
What do we mean by homogenisation?
The process of making things uniform or similar leading to places becoming indistinct from are another
What does the word ‘clone town’ mean?
A term used to describe urban retail areas dominated by national, and in some cases, international chain stores.
What does the word ‘glocalisation’ mean?
A term used to describe products or services that are distributed globally but which are fashioned to appeal to the consumer in a local market.
What is localisation of place?
Place has become a political symbol for people fighting against global capitalism
The extent to which one might feel a sense of belonging to a place can be identified by a number of factors what are they?
Age, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic status, religion and level of education
race, ethnicity
What is the difference between race and ethnicity when considering belonging?
race is based on biological and physical characteristics such as skin colour.
Ethnicity is a broader concept which can be defined as belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition such as language and ancestry
What does Topophobia mean?
Fear of place
What does Topophilla mean?
Love of place
What does Endogenous mean?
Factors within a place that help shape its character e.g. location and topography
What does Exogenous mean?
Factors from outside a place that force a change within a place character e.g. its relationships with other places
Define insider
The perspective of someone who knows a place well and is familiar with not only its topography but also its daily rhythms and events
Define outsider
The perspective of someone who doesn’t know a place well e.g. visitor or someone who is marginalised in a community such as the homeless or people from minority groups
What is private space
A space that is privately owned and public access may be prevented or limited
What is public space?
Space that is open and accessible to the public
What is freehold?
A type of tenure in which the owner has outright ownership of the property and the land on which it stands
When was the occupy of Wall Street?
October 2012
What were the protesters protesting about (October 2012)
Anticapitalist focused on inequality
What is meant by the phrase ‘we are 99%’?
Bringing attention to the huge profits and inequalities generated by the financial system
What impact the occupy movement have?
20 arrests
people evicted
they moved outside salvation army offices
What were the impacts on people from the rise of industrial Britain?
Secondary employment high younger working age low levels of education working-class people more jobs earning money economy boomed voting increase inequality increase in wealth division population increase in some areas people injured
What were the impact on environment from the right industrial Britain?
High levels of pollution
reduction in green space
more waste
more urbanisation
What were the impacts of people from the fall of industrial Britain
Reduction in jobs mass unemployment north south divide miners strike trade unions local economy struggle decline in traditional industries political unrest less exports
What were the impacts on the environment from the fall of industrial Britain
Lower levels of pollution
disused factories
waste products left
increase in Brownfield sites
How has Oxford changed?
West gate new Barton development Green Road roundabout division in wealth house price increase decline in the High Street JR parking lack of affordable housing changing job market
Economic factors tend to have the biggest impact on the character of place why do you think this might be?
If you have more money you can alter the characteristics
shopping centres
more investment
more housing
How does immigration impact on character place?
Alter culture
how an area looks
language spoken
increasing diversity
How does terrorism impact on the character place?
9/11
Scared to go there-tourist
stop people leaving New York division-muslims treated badly
nationalism
How has industrial accidents impacted on character of place?
Chernobyl
Everyone left
loss of jobs
political unrest
How do you natural disasters impact on the character of place?
Haiti Katrina
Divisions huge damage moving to a safe location Exploitation e.g. Oxfam rebuilding
How does climate change impact on the character of place?
Maldives
Migration
less tourism
loss of location
What is an example of government policies as agent of change?
Regeneration schemes and financial incentives for industry such as subsides, tax breaks and enterprise zones
