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Geogrpahy - Changing Places > The Concept Of A Place > Flashcards

The Concept Of A Place Flashcards

1
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Place is more than just…

A

Location

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Place definition

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Space with meaning

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Examples of “places”

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Settlements
Areas of a city
Buildings
Vehicles

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The 3 aspects to the geographical concept of a place

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  1. Location (on a map)
  2. Locale (parts to a place, they affect social behaviour and our interactions)
  3. Sense of place (personal and emotional attachment)
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5
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Different groups/individuals may have a different sense…

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Of the same place

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The things that come to together to make a place what it is…

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It’s location
Physical characteristics
Human characteristics
The sense of place, it’s meaning

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7
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What is the tourist gaze?

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Organised by entrepreneurs/governments
Consumed by public
Tourist sites are marketed and managed by pros
They mediate our experience of that place

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Placelessness Meaning

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Some spaces, especially urban areas are becoming homogeneous due to globalisation. (I.e.) Clone towns, full of the same shops.

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The relationship between intensity of experience and depth of attachment to a place?

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As the intensity of experience increases, attachment to the place increases also

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2 other factors affecting attachment to a place

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Age

Quality of experience there

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Place is important because many people create their identity based on…

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The places they feel connected to

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A shared identity to the people of that place is created because…

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Individuals share characteristics that they feel find them together as a group

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13
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3 scales people may identify a place upon

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Local
Regional
National

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14
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3 aspects to the importance of place

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Identity
Belonging
Wellbeing

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15
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Relating identity to particular places means that…

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People are “insiders” or “outsiders” in particular places

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Insider meaning

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Someone who is familiar with the place and he feels welcomed in that place

17
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Outsider meaning

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Someone who feel unwelcome or excluded from a place

18
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Insider

Place of birth
Status 
Language capability 
State of mind
Social interaction, behaviour and understanding
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Place of birth: Born in X
Status: Can work, vote and claim benefits
Language capability: fluent
State of mind: safe, secure, happy
Social interaction, behaviour and understanding: understands the unspoken rules

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Outsider

Place of birth
Status 
Language capability 
State of mind
Social interaction, behaviour and understanding
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Place of birth: Not born in X (immigrants)
Status: may be travelling for business, safety or work
Language capability: not fluent
State of mind: homesick, alienated
Social interaction, behaviour and understanding: misunderstands social interactions

22
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What spaces exclude people?

A

First class airports
Male/female toilets
Disabled access
Places of worship

24
Q

Topophilia

A

A strong attachment to a place

25
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Topophobia

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A dread or adverse reaction to a place

26
Q

People can have a sense of place for e____________ or m______ places

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Experienced

Media

27
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Experienced places

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Places that people have spent time in. When people visit/live in a place, that sense of that place is shaped

28
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Media places

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Places that people have not been to, but have created a sense of place through their depiction in media

29
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A persons sense of the media place can be very different to the lift experience of the same place because…

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The media may present a place in a particular way and for a particular purpose

30
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Factors affecting people feeling like an outsider or insider

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Age
Sexuality
Gender
Race
Etc
31
Q

Mount Snowdon

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Walk up/train to summit

Opinions differ but the space is the same

32
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9/11 Memorial, New York

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Past experiences influence them

Conflicts could arise due to contrasting opinions

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