Chapter 6 Flashcards
Place making
Any activity, deliberately or unintentional, that enables space to acquire meaning.
Territoriality
The persistent attachment of individuals or peoples to a specific location or territory.
Ethology
Scientific study of formation and evolution of human customs and beliefs.
Proxemics
Study of social and cultural meanings that people give to personal space.
Topophilia
Emotions and meanings associated with particular places that have become significant to individuals.
Derelict landscapes
Landscapes that have experienced abandonment, misuse, disinvestment, or vandalism.
Humanistic approach
Approach to geography that places the individual- especially individual values, meaning systems, intentions, and conscious acts-at the centre of analysis.
Landscape as text
Idea that landscapes can be read and written by groups and individuals.
Semiotics
The practice of writing and reading signs.
Sacred space
An area recognized by individuals or groups as worthy of special attention as a site of special religious experiences or events.
Hajj
The obligatory once in a lifetime journey of Muslims to Mecca.
Modernity
A forward looking view of the world that emphasizes reason, scientific rationality, creativity, novelty, and progress.
Enlightenment
An eighteenth century European movement that sought to replace ideas of authority or explanation drawn from God with those that individual humans could establish through their own reason.
Digital divide
Inequality of access to telecommunications and information technology, particularly the Internet.
Postmodernity
A view of the world that emphasizes an openness to a range of perspectives in social inquiry, artistic expression, and political empowerment.
