Representing Place

Question 1

What is focal point?

Answer 1

Places which have become symbols for collective identity.

Question 2

What’s Regionalism?

Answer 2

When a region have culture that is different from other countries.

Question 3

Examples of quantitative representations of place

Answer 3

Census data, number and size of different income groups.

Question 4

Examples of qualitative representations of place

Answer 4

Music and Pictures.

Question 5

Examples of geospatial representations of place

Answer 5

Maps , satellite

Question 6

Differences in representation vs perception of place?

Answer 6

Representation of place can be objective and subjective, while perception of place can only be subjective.

Question 7

Advantages of using census data to represent place

Answer 7

Accurate. Shows economic and social features of the place.

Question 8

Disadvantages of using census data to represent place.

Answer 8

Data don’t ask about opinions, so no sense of place.

Question 9

Advantages of using adverts to represent place

Answer 9

Shows how communities want a place to be perceived.

Question 10

disadvantages of using adverts to represent place

Answer 10

Emphasises positive factors while ignoring negative factors