Lecture 1 ( Intro)

Question 1

Agnew (1987)

Answer 1

Three approaches to place;

1. Place as ‘location’
2. Place as ‘locale’
3. Place as ‘sense of place’

Question 2

Doreen Massey (1994)

Answer 2

‘A global sense of place’
Her idea of a more fluid understanding of place.
1. Places aren’t static
2. places don’t have boundaries in the sense of divisions
3. Places don’t have single unique identities

Question 3

David Harvey (1989)

Answer 3

TIME-SPACE COMPRESSION

“any phenomenon that alters the quality of and the relationship between time and space. “

Question 4

What is the literal definition of human geography?

Answer 4

‘write the earth’ or ‘write the world’

Question 5

What four things is human geography interested in?

Answer 5

1. Appreciation of the importance of space and place.
2. The relationship between ‘nature’ and ‘culture’.
3. A concern with connections and movments.
4. Exploring diversity and difference.

Question 6

‘Critical’ human geography is concerned with ..?

Answer 6

Changing the world for the better.

Question 7

Name all 5 disciplines with which human geography overlaps ;

Answer 7

1. Physical sphere
2. Production sphere
3. Socio- political sphere
4. Cultural sphere
5. Population sphere