General key terms Flashcards
Objective
Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions when concidering and representing facts
Subjective
Based on or influenced by personal feelings/tastes/opinions
Quantitative data
Numerical data that is associated with the scientific and experimental approach
Qualitative data
Non-numerical data that is descriptive information
ONS
Office of National Statistics
Counter-mapping
Bottom-up processes where people produce their own maps, influenced/informed by their local knowledge of the place
Biomapping
Mapping of emotions shown by people to certain places
Ethnography
A research method exploring what people do and say
Textual sources
The use of literature to explore representations of place
Digital place
The layering and augmentation of a place by technological advancements