Nature And Importance Of A Place Flashcards
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What is a place?
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Location (plotted on a map) + meaning (social construction and what a place means to people)
2
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Locale
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Where something happens or is set, has particular events associated with it
3
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Sense of place
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Emotional meanings a person has to a place (is subjective)
4
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Importance of a place
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- people often feel connections
- connections form their identity (sense of belonging)
- well-being
- relates to an aspect of their life
5
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Insider perspective
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- a person who is familiar with a place and feels welcome in that place (feel they belong)
- intimate perspective
- share cultural values
EXAMPLE - residents of a country that share cultural values
6
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Outsider perspective
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- someone who feels unwelcome or excluded from a place (they dot feel as though they belong)
- don’t share values
EXAMPLE - interational immigrants who don’t share the same cultural values
7
Q
What does your perception of a place depend on?
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G - ender (men + women roles are different)
R - eligion (spiritual meaning)
A - ge (perception changes as you age)
S - exuality (acceptance of sexual orientations)
P - role Performed (role in politics)
8
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Experienced place
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- places that people have spent time, people and experiences shape their perception and sense of place
9
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Media place
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- places that people haven’t been to, but have created a sense of place through the media (tv, books)
10
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Near place
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- can be seen as geographically near to where a person lives
- more likely to feel like insiders here, have every day experiences
11
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Far places
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- are distant from where a person lives
- more likely to feel like an outsider and may experience it through the media
12
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Exogenous factors
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- the external factors that shape a places character
13
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What are 3 examples of exogenous factors?
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- money and investment = improves services and environment quality
- people = migrants or workers from a place, tourism increases jobs
- resources = transport and infrastructure, raw materials
14
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Endogenous factors
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- the internal factors which shape a places character
15
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What are 3 physical endogenous factors?
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- location = where a place is e.g. coast, inland, rural or urban
- topography = shape of the land e.g. in a valley, mountains
- physical geography = environmental features e.g. floodplain, soil type
