Places - understanding place

Question 1

What is place

Answer 1

subjective/ objective. space exists between places - no subjective meaning.

Question 2

Influence of age

Answer 2

perceptions change with age. requirements near your house change through life. Church holds the same perceptions for all generations.

Question 3

Influence of gender

Answer 3

Men & women were separated to work & home. Women & public transport at night. Workplace roles of men & women swapping.

Question 4

Influence of sexuality

Answer 4

increasing acceptance. Places recognised for it - Brighton. Advertise as LGBT. Openly express themselves = stronger sense of place.

Question 5

Influence of religion

Answer 5

spiritual places - natural / man-made.g. Mount Fuji

Question 6

Influence of role

Answer 6

roles change through the day. Your perception of the same place will change depending on your current role.

Question 7

emotional attachement

Answer 7

memories of the past. emotional attachments of places you’ve never been to. Kurds have strong emotional attachment to Kurdistan

Question 8

globalisation & time-space compression

Answer 8

feelings of familiarity or dislocation. technology - global village, internet, google maps, aircraft. shrinking world caused by reductions in relative distances.

more food sourced globally. TNCs swamping small farmers. Mining in LIDCs = no jobs. Financial centres have emerged. some gain some don’t…

Question 9

Informal ways of representing places

Answer 9

TV & films - Lord of the Rings NZ Tourism, music, art, photography, blogs….

Question 10

Formal ways of representing places

Answer 10

census (every 10 yrs) households. date of birth, gender, education, employment… essential for government planning services.

what is classed as a rural area? if you work in the city are you rural?
rural: close knit, homogeneous ethnically…

other formal methods: maps, crime figures, rainfall totals etc.