harrogate representations Flashcards
negative representation source
Harrogate Advertiser- ‘Harrogate police seize drugs, weapons and cash in county lines operation’ Newspaper Article Artistic
provenance of negative source
By Finola Fitzpatrick, purpose to inform mainly residents of Harrogate about issues in the town
date of the negative source
16th January 2020
What does it tell you about Harrogate? How is it represented - negative source
- Image of a town
ridden with crime - Violence, drugs - Negative
- ‘We do have a Class A drug user market in Harrogate.’
Usefulness / reliability Strengths Weaknesses - negative source
- Very recent
- Local newspaper
- Gives a sense of place
- Includes direct quotes from Harrogate police officers
- Data has been cherry-picked to
How does it compare to other sources? Include your own lived experience. - negative source
not representative of harrogate at all
positive representations source
Blue Sky and Cherry Blossoms’
Painting
Artistic
provenance of positive source
By Anita Bowerman Local artist
To present Harrogate’s stray in the spring
date of positive source
may
What does it tell you about Harrogate? How is it represented - positive source
- Just shows beauty of cherry blossom- endogenous physical factor
- The stray in spring - Positive
- Purely natural
Usefulness / reliability Strengths Weaknesses
- Gives a sense of what the stray is like
- Emphasis- to highlight the beauty/importance of the stray
- One perspective
- Shows only one part of Harrogate at a particular time of year
- Emphasis- inaccurate/unrealist ic
How does it compare to other sources? Include your own lived experience.
- Thereisa pavement with bins and benches running down the centre which aren’t shown in the painting.
- Blossom is very iconic and pretty
- Stray/floral focus are common in other sources
