Insider and Outsider Perspectives On Place Flashcards
Whats placelessness
Idea that a particular landscape e.g airport terminal , could be anywhere as it lacks uniqueness
What do places with placelessness lack
Uniqueness
When does placelessness occur
E.g
When global forces have a greater influence on shaping a place than local factors
E.g British high streets are predominantly chain stores
Example of a special place and 2 reasons why
Mount snowdon
Highest peak in England + wales Everyone can access Meaningful to Welsh Memorable event Peaceful, calming summit
What’s the tourist gaze
When business entrepreneurs manipulate the public’s sense of place
What sites are even managed by tourism professionals
E.g
How do they do this
Death sites
E.g ground zero
Mediate our experience of a place by choosing what visitors can access
Why will each visitors senses be attuned differently
As they see location through prior experiences, religious beliefs, moral code, family history, ethnicity and education
What can people’s different perceptions of place even lead to
Conflict
When did ground zero suffer dramatic changes
In the last 15years
What’s the word for a love of place or strong sense of place
Topophilia
What’s the word for a dread/adverse reaction of place
Topophobia
What does importance of place in human life increase with as we learn more
Age
What are you more to a place , the more intense your experience
Attached
How do people identify themselves to a place
Usually connected to a place e.g country/region, sporting events (World Cup - England, Olympics - GB)
If we have a strong sense of place what can it feature in
Our identity
What can affect people and their identity
E.g
Changing in nature of places
E.g football defeat
Define location
Where a place is on a map, its latitude and longitude
Define locale
E.g
What each place is made up of (series of locales) where everyday life activities take place.
E.g park, office, home
What do locales help to forge for people
E.g
Values, attitudes, behaviours
E.g we behave in a certain way due to school rules
Define sense of place
Personal and emotional attachment to place, it’s meaning
Define perception of place
The way in which place is viewed/regarded by people
2 main things that can influence our perception of place
Media representation
Personal experience
Define place
A location with meaning
Define placemaking
Deliberate shaping of an environment to facilitate social interaction + improve a communities quality of life
