1a: places are shaped by shifting flows and connections high change over time Flashcards
Doreen Massey’s theory about how globalisation with influence sense of place
- time space compression
- disruption of coherent and homogenous society
-places reshaped rather than eroded - creates an accumulated history of place
The global village
metaphorical shrinking of the globe
Westernisation
The Arab spring 2010
Connection through technology
Cultural erosion
The impact of globalisation of places: demographically
Migration increase
UK 1.5% Indian (920 000)
Windrush: now 800 000 Jamaicans in UK
The impact of globalisation on places: economically
Global shift and outsourcing
Deindustrialisation and unemployment
300 000 unemployed in South Wales due to mine and factory closure
The impact of globalisation: socially and culturally
- diasporas, culture, language and food
- toxteth is 7% Muslim and 78.6% white
Impact of globalisation: environmentally
Containerisation
Transport e.g. planes
Clone town definition
A town where the high street is dominated by chain shops so is indistinct from other towns
How globalisation forms clown towns
Growth of TNCs due to outsourcing
Time-space compression
Migration
Infrastructure
Loss of identity /cultural erosion
Change over time
Local impacts
Clone town stats
Liverpool is a clone town
In a London surveys (15 clone towns, 5 border town, 9 home towns)
How flows of people influences places
Uk is 1.5% Indian (920 000)
Windrush and subsequent migration (800 000 Jamaicans in UK)
Refugees
How flows of money influences places
Currency and exchange
Stock change
USD used by 8 countries (Zimbabwe, Ecuador, Uganda)
How flows of goods influences sense of place
Amazon
How flows of services influences sense of place
265 00 work in call centres in Bangalore
3 and 4 sector
Global shift
How flows of culture influences sense of place
Diasporas forming
Westernisation due to colonisation e.g. India (pacts laws and demographics)
Diversity
