CSMP11 - Sense of place & globalisation

Question 1

How has Globalisation and Time-space compression influenced our sense of place?

Answer 1

• There is increasing uncertainty about what people mean by ‘places’ and how they relate to them
• The longing for a community and place for someone to call their own has sometimes given rise to defensive and reactionary responses
• Certain forms of nationalism, and outright antagonism to newcomers and ‘outsiders’ have arose because of this

Question 2

For whom has time-space compression encouraged isolation?

Answer 2

• The concurrent decline in shipping has only increased the isolation of many island communities.
• Pitcairn, like many other Pacific Islands, has never felt so far from its neighbours.

Question 3

How have TNCs (Globalisation) influenced our sense of place?

Answer 3

• Spread of TNCs provides comfort and familiarity in otherwise unknown places.​
• For example someone from the west visiting Laos and seeing Coca Cola

Question 4

How has Globalisation and Time-space compression influenced our sense of place? (Rich People)

Answer 4

• Ability to travel = Increasingly global sense of place as they are able to attach meanings to places that they would previously have been unable to visit​

Question 5

How has Globalisation and Time-space compression influenced our sense of place? (Social Media/Music)

Answer 5

• A sense of place about somewhere they have never actually been due to music, film and communication.​