How Place Is Represented Flashcards
5 ways we acquire a sense of place
Images Statistics e.g census News Visit Music Film Sounds Temperature
5 examples of media representation of place
News Television Social media Books Art Poetry Music Radio Newspapers
How are places represented in the media compared to official cartography
Why
In the media places often contrast to how the look on os maps/census
As their purpose and target audiences differ
Example of pictures of a place we’ve seen and how it makes us feel
Moscow
Soldiers picture - strict regime
Fashion show - wealthy
Cathedral - architectural
Ballet school - intense, cultural
3 things we learn about Liverpool
What’s the song and who’s it by
‘In my Liverpool home’ by the Spinners
Catholic - religion was a theme, Irish ancestry
Lime street and young lady - was red light district full of prostitues but is now the gateway to Liverpool
Wavertree park - people would be mugged
Speke - rough area
St. George’s hall - iconic building
Proud of the Beatles
2 football teams mentioned
What’s qualitative data
E.g
Data that can only be organised into descriptive catergies that aren’t numerical ‘ may include oral sources e.g interviews, songs and visual media like artistic representations
What’s quantitative data
E.g
Numerical data to which different techniques of statistical analysis may be applied to test a hypothesis e.g census
What’s firstspace
The build environment that can be mapped/measured
What’s secondspace
The perception of the area. It does not physically exist but is imagined in the minds of the residents
What’s the third space
The combination of first space and second space to form ways in which people’s lives are affected by the physical and perceptual environments
What was the first place of Barcelona like before and after development
Before - narrow streets, high building density, litter
After - open space with communal seating, five star hotel ‘barcelo rival’
What’s the area of Barcelona we look at
The raval
What was the second space of the raval like before and after redevelopment
Before - ‘red light district’ , ‘forgotten’ region, centre of illegality, ‘no go area’
After - area of high class tourism with trendy bars and clubs, area of investment for jobs
What was the thirdspace of the raval like before and after redevelopment
Before - poor residents trapped in poverty cycle, lack of self-motivation, illegal activity to survive
After - still similar, many residents forced away from area out of their homes and cant benefit from the wealth created. Residents will have to take lower paid, dirtier jobs in new businesses
What’s gentrification
The improvement of urban areas by individual property owners which usually leads to increased commercial activity in local retail areas
