Changing places: The concept of place

Question 1

What is the difference between place and space?

Answer 1

A place is a space with a meaning.

Question 2

Define sense of place:

Answer 2

The subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place

Question 3

Define sense of place:

Answer 3

The subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place

Question 4

Define placelessness:

Answer 4

The loss of character from a place - could be anywhere, not unique.

Question 5

Define tourist gaze:

Answer 5

The theory that people want to gaze upon and experience things outside of their normal everyday life.

Question 6

Define attachment in terms of place:

Answer 6

The depth of feeling we have for a place (emotional bond).

Question 7

What is in insider?

Answer 7

Someone who is familiar with a place and feels welcomed and as if they belong there.

Question 8

What is an outsider?

Answer 8

Someone who is unfamiliar with a place and feels unwelcome and as if they don’t belong there.

Question 9

Define a near place:

Answer 9

A place that is geographically near to where a person lives.

Question 10

Define a far place:

Answer 10

A place that is geographically distant from where a person lives.

Question 11

What is an experienced place?

Answer 11

A place that we have spent time in as residents or visitors.

Question 12

What is a media place?

Answer 12

Places that we have not been to, but have created a sense of place for through the depiction in the media.

Question 13

Define topophilia:

Answer 13

The attachment and love for a place.

Question 14

Define topophobia:

Answer 14

The dread and hatred to a place.

Question 15

What are agents of change?

Answer 15

People who impact a place through living, working or trying to improve a place.

Question 16

What are clone towns?

Answer 16

Towns that have no individuality or independent stores and are made up of chain-stores.

Question 17

Why are clone towns a bad thing?

Answer 17

Take away the culture and history from an area, generalising it and making it like every other clone town.

Question 18

Define genius loci:

Answer 18

The ‘spirit’ of a place, based on its history, culture and daily atmosphere.

Question 19

Define demographic:

Answer 19

The characteristics of a population.

Question 20

Define idyll:

Answer 20

A location with ideal living conditions and good qualities.

Question 21

Give an example of a media place:

Answer 21

Hogwarts

Question 22

How are our perceptions of a place developed for media places?

Answer 22

through the media.

Question 23

Media places are places that we only know through media, such as _____, ______, ____.

Answer 23

TV, literature, art

Question 24

When we visit a now experienced place, we develop a ______.

Answer 24

Deeper understanding of the place

Question 25

Explain fictional media places e.g. Hogwarts as a media place:

Answer 25

• We can develop a sense of place through the media representations.
• It cannot fall short of our expectations as we are unable to experience them.

Question 26

Media places can become ______ places.

Answer 26

Experienced.

Question 27

Media places often focus on extreme ______ or ______ views.

Answer 27

Positive or negative.

Question 28

Give 3 ways how globalisation has affected people’s experience of geographical distance:

Answer 28

• Improvements in travel technology means far places are quicker to get to, so can be experienced more easily and frequently.
• Improvements in technology means people can become familiar with media places.
• People can remain closely connected with people and activities in far places via the internet.