CP: Concept of Place

Question 1

Place

Answer 1

The web of characteristics, flows and perceptions that are all attached to a specific location.

Question 2

What aspects make up a ‘place’?

Answer 2

• Location
• Physical characteristics
• Human characteristics
• Flows
• Sense of place

Question 3

What aspects of a place are constantly changing?

Answer 3

Everything apart from location

Question 4

Location

Answer 4

‘Where’ a place is, eg. coordinates

Question 5

Locale

Answer 5

Takes into account the effect that people have on their setting.

Question 6

Sense of place

Answer 6

Refers to the subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place.

Question 7

Localism

Answer 7

An affection for or an emotional ownership of a particular place.

Question 8

Regionalism

Answer 8

Consciousness of and loyalty to a distinct region with a population that shares similarities.

Question 9

Nationalism

Answer 9

Loyalty and devotion to a nation which creates a sense of national consciousness.

Question 10

Insider perspective

Answer 10

Someone who is familiar with a place and feels welcome there.

Question 11

Outsider perspective

Answer 11

Someone who feels unwelcome or excluded from a place.

Question 12

Give examples of factors that can make a person feel like an insider or outsider:

Answer 12

Age, sexuality, gender

Question 13

Experienced places

Answer 13

Places people have spent time in which has created a sense of place.

Question 14

Media places

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Near places

Answer 15

Geographically close to where a person lives

Question 16

Far places

Answer 16

Geographically distant from where a person lives

Question 17

Where are people more likely to feel like insiders?

Answer 17

In near places, as they are more likely to have experienced them and feel more comfortable in them.

Question 18

How has globalisation affected people’s experience of geographical distance?

Answer 18

• Travel tech improvements = far places are quicker to get to and can be experienced more easily and frequently.
• ICT improvements = increased familiarity with media places.
• Internet = people can remain close with people + activities in far places.

Question 19

Placelessness

Answer 19

Idea that globalisation is making distant places look and feel the same.

Question 20

The web of characteristics, flows and perceptions that are all attached to a specific location.

Answer 20

Place

Question 21

‘Where’ a place is, eg. coordinates

Answer 21

Location

Question 22

Takes into account the effect that people have on their setting.

Answer 22

Locale

Question 23

Refers to the subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place.

Answer 23

Sense of place

Question 24

An affection for or an emotional ownership of a particular place.

Answer 24

Localism

Question 25

Consciousness of and loyalty to a distinct region with a population that shares similarities.

Answer 25

Regionalism

Question 26

Loyalty and devotion to a nation which creates a sense of national consciousness.

Answer 26

Nationalism

Question 27

Someone who is familiar with a place and feels welcome there.

Answer 27

Insider perspective

Question 28

Someone who feels unwelcome or excluded from a place.

Answer 28

Outsider perspective

Question 29

Places people have spent time in which has created a sense of place.

Answer 29

Experienced places

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Media places

Question 31

Geographically close to where a person lives

Answer 31

Near places

Question 32

Geographically distant from where a person lives

Answer 32

Far places

Question 33

Idea that globalisation is making distant places look and feel the same.

Answer 33

Placelessness