2b - Places are represented through a variety of contrasting formal and informal agencies Flashcards
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What are informal representations of place?
define and examples of informal agencies
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informal - offer sounds and sights showing the geographical context and zoom into the detail of the place (many films rely on representation of place to tell their story
media - tv, film, music, art, photography, literature, graffiti and blogs
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Informal
E.g: NEWCASTLE
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- Song - Leave Fast = run down, bad QoL, neglected, somewhere you leave quickly or never leave, unhappy
- Photos - rough and rundown, deindustrialised, neglected
- Artical/Ad - culturally diverse, tourism, good uni/education opp
- Website - lots of tourism, welcoming, lots to do
- TV - party life, singles, young demographic
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informal
E.g: NYC
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- Music - violence/gangs, young demo, social divide
- Photos - tourism focus, vibrant, hustle and bustle, investment
- Art - discrimination, meaningful, disparities, culture
- Films - young adult, crime and gangs, disparity of wealth
- TV - good standard of living - romanticised, young demo, dense housing
4
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What is useful/limiting about informal representations?
x8 ideas
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- it is interpreted by individuals and can be biased
- can be used for certain purposes eg tourism, news, ads, entertainment = will be directed to that and may not be representative of the city
- demographic that it is being aimed at eg for tourists vs trying to attract students would represent the place differently
- time - changes - historically was an industrial city = affect how people view it now
- informal and personal representations are based on an individuals understanding of a place and this my vary according to factors such as age and gender
- photos taken by a person who chose to take it for a particular reason - personal bias
- TV dramatizes the formal representations = isn’t accurate to place in real life
- arts picks out most dramatic themes to explore
5
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What are formal representations of place?
definition and informal agencies
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Formal - linked with statistics which describe the data associated with a particular place
- census data - personal info: birth date, gender, education, ethnicity, religion, health, housing and employment (basic source of data is the household)
- numerical data - representing rural places - geospatial data
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formal
Eg NEWCASTLE
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- 56% econ active
- 27000 homes rented from local council = less wealth
- v high transition year demographic = young pop
- dec 2021 - 394 violence and sexual crime = unsafe, not nice
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formal
E.g NYC
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- econ divide - Manhattan
- median age 30-40
- Bronx v diverse and Manhattan is v white
- quite diverse place
- high rent housing
- high theft and crime
- SE has less poverty
8
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what is useful/limiting about formal representations?
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- objective stats = useful as it is accurate data and can be compared to other places
- stats may not reflect a places’ identity/representative
- where boundary should be drawn when collecting geospatial data - subjectivity bias
