Changing Place Key Words Flashcards
Place
Location with meaning. Meaning to indi. Or groups of people
Locale
Place where something happens or has partic events associated with it
Location
Where the place is on map
Sense of place
Subjective and emotional attachment people have to place developed through experience/knowledge of area
Perception of place
Way in which a place is viewed or regarded
Place making
Deliberate shaping of environment for social interaction and improve a communities quality of life
Space
An area with no meaning
Place attachment
Place, person, process
Insiders
Feel like they belong in a certain place
Outsiders
Feel out of place
Approaches to studying place
Descriptive- distinct set of places- every place is unique
Social constructivist approach- places are the way they are because of social processes at a time
Phenomenological- feelings about places not what is physically there
Experienced place
Person has spent time in
Media places
Only read about or seen on film. Often differnt in reality
Near place far place
Geographical distance or emotional connection with place
Endogenous
Characteristics of place itself
