Lecture 2 Flashcards
What is a 2nd line?
was used for funerals but now a lot of celebrations. Musicians walk to or from the funeral playing sad music in honour of the person, would turn happy later on
-common in NOLA
Who is place and the sense of place studied by?
been the subject of decades of research by cultural geographers, planner socioligists and others
Who made the term place more solid?
- It remains a vague and contested concepts. in considering place many geographers first turn to the wiritng of Tuan 1977 who explored the oppositional nature of space and place
- Terms are always contested, often debated because the definition is based on who is presenting it
What is the definition of place?
locations in space that derive their meaning through human experience
- Meaning then is one central and generally agreed upon aspect of place throughout the literature
- Place is a place when someone gives it meaning
What is included in a place?
• Places are complex by nature and include the physical setting, human activities human social processes eh psychological evaluations such as identity dependence and attachment rooted in the setting
○ When you are attached to a place its important to you
How are plans more than a location in space?
while the setting itself is a key aspect of place the human connections to that setting and the people withing it transform a space into a place
○ When we go somewhere we get attached and then transforms a space into a place for us
What is a sense of place?
- Human engagement within a place brings together social cultural and natural dimensions of place. The experience of engagement and interaction requires presence (being in) and action (being with), always influenced by physical historical social and cultural aspect that together contribute to creating a shared sense of place
- Sense of place The tangible physical aspects of a place are critical. Onse sense of palce is by nature developed relative to a specific physical location
What is the definition of sense of place?
Describes both an emotional connection to a phsycial environemtn but also the values symbols and cultural meanings ascribed to the place
what are the different categories of non tourism examples of place?
Place-based education Place-based advertising (or media Place-based philanthropy Place-based science Place-based regional development Place-based literature
What is place based education?
views a student’s local community as a resource for education
• Education isnt abstract, looking at something specific and local
• Instead of looking at a textbook you take students out into the world
• Looking at education from the place you are
What is place based advertising (or media)?
is in contrast to mass advertising print or electronic media
• Mostly of interest to those in a certain location, or nation wide or worldwide
• Advertising better in a local media to the target population
What is place based philanthropy?
strategically concentrates investments in specific communities
-Donating money to organization that looks at a universal problme (Covid 19), you can look at something that’s more place based, like donating to the brescia library at brescia
What is place based science?
involves research tied to specific locations, particularly (but not exclusively)… …collaboration between scientists and resource managers;
• Instead of looking at universal aspects of climate change, we can look at higher levels of flooding of the thames, see ing if its related globally or locally
What is place based regional development?
emphasizes the ability of places to develop by drawing on their own resources, whether natural or human;
• Regional advantages of a region like niagara wine region, emphasizing the advantages of the region
What is place based literature?
uses a locale as a central determinant of human discourse, culture and identity (Ball, 2006). In particular, it refers to the influence of environment or place on themes that shape a work of literature, whether prose or poetry.
• Setting literature in a local and well known place, taking advantage of locacl settings and connections. Like anne of green gable. Some sites are fictional but many are real. This makes PEI more into a place
What is place in the context of tourism?
• Place is an amalgam of destination qualities, including landscape and architecture, history and heritage and social structures and relationships.
-Not just one thing that makes a place
How do perceptions of a place differ for those who are tourist and residents?
• The perceptions, perspectives and meanings of the place in question usually will be different for those who visit versus those who are residents.
○ Visiting a place you are going to have a different perspective of that place , are awestruck and come with ideas developed by the media that they have experienced about coming to the place
What are the different views of a place from a tourism vs resident perspective, a function of?
…those perspectives are, in part, a function of the time a person has lived in an area or the number of times they have visited.
○ If you moved to a new city, you are in a grey area, kinda are a tourist and don’t know restaurants, shops and attractions.
○ The longer you live in a place the more it changes your expereience
○ The more you visit a place the more you become a local
○ As a space turns into a place you go deeper and deeper into the place, go for a more authentic experience (non-touristy spots) and the deeper the meaning of the pkace intessifies to ou
How will place differ for those in the dominant culture vs the minority culture in a place?
There will be differences, too, for a person who belongs to the dominant cultural/ethnic group versus a member of a minority.
As your tour the place you associate with the dominant culture of the place but as you continue to visit you discover the minority culture more
