Lesson 2

Question 1

What does research show about our attachment to places?

Answer 1

Our attachments to places are influenced by the quality or intensity of the experience we have there, the more enjoyable/safe we feel, also may increase with age etc

Question 2

Define sense of place

Answer 2

the feelings we have to certain places, many factors may shape our sense of place
Tuan- sense of place can be negative or positive and vary on different scales e.g. some people use violence to uphold perceptions of what makes a place special

Question 3

What does Geographer Edward W Soja argue gives place identity?

Answer 3

Firstspace, secondpace,thirdspace

Question 4

Define firstspace

Answer 4

the phsyical built environment

Question 5

Define secondspace

Answer 5

the ‘imagined’ environment, how a place is perceived

Question 6

Define thirdspace

Answer 6

Combination of first and second to create a fully lived space real and imagined