Ladywood , birmingham Flashcards
Location
-On birmingham plateau which is high ground approx 500-1000 m above sea level
-Between river basins of severn and trent
Population statistics , census data
-Just below 150,000 with 6,700 people per km squared
-Near 80% of population under 45
-with lower than average life expectancy for the UK and lower than average educational attainment
-43% of working age population had no qualification
-2.5% above national average of unemployment
positives
-accurate, objective
-shows deprivation on wide range of characteristics
negatives
-no proof of honesty
-not all complete it , 94% 2011
Painting/art representation
-Thomas Creswick “distant view of Birmingham “ 1828
-Can evoke emotion
-specific place
-subjective as artistic take
-May be edited
TV representation
-Peaky blinders
-Has drawn 131 million visitors , peaky effect
-Birmingham now hasmore major productions and activities such as the Commonwealth games and HS2
-It depicts gang violence and economic struggles after ww1
-Locations not embelished which makes it more accurate
-But it is limited by dramatisation , inaccuracies
Architecture representation
-Varies , some new , some old , shows gentrification was partial
-With new buildings such as the bullring or Selfridges acting as flagship buildings
-There is no bias , accurate
-Is time dependent and location dependent
Musical representation
UB40
-Band from various schools across Birmingham
-Named UB 40 due to UB 40 standing for Unemployment benefit , form 40
-melodies inspired by multicultural environment , such as Indian and reggae music ( madam medusa)
Gentrification
-deindustrialisation causes decline
-1982 , unemployment at 20% , bleak investment
-Now down to 7% with Bullring in 2000s
-Big city plan
6BN investment in transport and libraries
Switch of service with manufacturing mostly changing to tertiary and quaternary such as Birmingham University
