Lesson 1 - Difference between 'Space' and 'Place'

Question 1

Space is…

Answer 1

An area with no meaning

Question 2

Place is…

Answer 2

Space with a meaning

Question 3

What are the 3 aspects of a place?

Answer 3

Location, locale and sense of place

Question 4

1. What is the locale of a place?

2. What are the characteristics of a locale?

Answer 4

1. Settings where activities or events take place (Doesn’t have to be a physical location: bus/online chat room can be a locale which structures interaction between people)
2. Many locales make up a place e.g. an office, a park, a church etc
   People affect locales through culture and customs
   Locales of a place dictate our social interaction + help form attitudes, values and behaviours
   You naturally behave differently in different locales
   •Locales are often places where things happen or have an event associated with them

Question 5

What is the sense of a place?

Answer 5

Subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place

Question 6

What is placelessness?

Answer 6

Idea that a particular landscape could be anywhere in the world because it’s not unique e.g. an airport, a petrol station

Question 7

How does placelessness occur?

Answer 7

When global forces overpower local forces in shaping places