Changing Places 1

Question 1

Concept of place

Answer 1

Location
Locale
Sense of place

Question 2

Meaning of place

Answer 2

Descriptive - physical + human characteristics
Social constructionist - social processes at particular times and places
Phenomenonoligical - Yi-Fu Tuan + E. Relph - human experiences, connections, familiarity
Sense of place - Doreen Massey - dynamic, multiple identities, no boundaries, continuously influenced and moulded by exo and endo factors
Cultural approach - J. Anderson - traces of historical physical and emotional characteristic

Question 3

Importance of Place

Answer 3

Identity - local, regional, national
Belonging - community spirit, inclusivity
Well-being - sociability, access, activities, image

Question 4

Globalisation Vs Glocalisation

Answer 4

Growing interdependence leading to ‘placessness’ - capitalism eroding local culture
E.g TNCs like McDonald’s, Costa + Hilton Hotels dominate city centres globally
Glocalisation - in response, promotes local products + adapts global products in effort to regain local culture + identities
E.g McBurrito, local council runs independent coffee outlets in Totness, Devon

Question 5

Insider Vs outsider perspectives

Answer 5

Insider: familiarity, welcome, belonging
Outsider: unwelcome, excluded, don’t belong
Factors: race, ethnicity, age, religion, socio-economic status, experience type
Residents sharing cultural value vs refugee

Question 6

Categories of place

Affecting insider Vs outsider perspectives

Answer 6

Near Vs distant - geographically, socio-economically, emotionally
Experienced Vs media - visited + reality, people + things help shape sense of place; selective portrayals + non visited, books + art etc help create or depict sense of place

Question 7

Globalisation affects categorisation of place

Affecting insider Vs outsider perspectives

Answer 7

Travel tech - quicker, easier, more frequent
ICT - familiarity via media
Internet - build + maintain connections with people and activities

Question 8

Factors contributing to character of place

Answer 8

Endogenous:
- Location - where? Rural, coastal, urban, central, bridge point, confluence of roads
- Topography - shape of landscape, natural hills etc, affects place character e.g land use, flat for agric, mt for pastoral
- Physical geo - enviro (relief, altitude, land use, built, soil, rock type) - determines landscapes (e.g rock types e.g sed, met or ign) + character (econ - rich natural resources e.g coal mining)
- Land use - rural - farming, urban - fin servs, high density built - business, low density - residential, leisure, changes e.g deindustrialization
- Built enviro + infrastructure - centres with higher density, towers, complex transport + seweres + communication networks, cathedrals - village low density less complex, market squares village halls
- Demogs + econ characteristics
Exogenous: relationships with other places