Changing Places Flashcards
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What is the concept of place
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- Defined as location plus meaning
- Location describes where a place is on the map whereas meaning is different to each person such as personal
- Places don’t have to be a fixed location spatially or temporally
2
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What is the difference between experienced or media places?
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- Experienced places = locations a person has visited in their lifetime and develop an emotional attachment
- Media places = locations a person hasn’t visited but has a reputation from the media, presenting positive and negative perceptions of places and can change how a person views the place
3
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What are endogenous factors?
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- Internal factors which shape a places character which can be human or physical
4
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What are some examples of endogenous factors?
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- Location = where a place is (coast, inland), features can characterise the place
- Topography = refers to shape and form of the land
- Physical geography = environmental features of a place (altitude, soil, rock)
- Demographic/economic characteristics = who lives in the place (age, gender, education, religion, ethnicity), economic are factors to do with work and money
- Land use = human activities occurring in the land
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What are exogenous factors?
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- The external factors which shape a place’s character including the relationship to other places
6
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What are some examples of exogenous factors?
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- Tourism = influences character of place
- Flows of people = migration can influence the character of places
- Location to other places
- Flows of investment
7
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What is quantitative data?
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- Numerical and statistic analysis for example census data, IDM
8
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What is qualititave data?
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- Descriptive and subjective including representations such as art,poetry, photographs, films and TV
9
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Evaluate census data (strengths and weaknesses)
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Strengths:
- Census data can be used to show lots of different demographics and employment types, level of educations etc
- The census is a reasonably reliable record.
- It can show differences over a variety of scales.
- Can be geolocated
- Often big data so more reliable
Weaknesses :
- The census can become dated quite quickly
- Statistics can be manipulated as can our perception of them.
- What data is collected is selective and possibly biased.
- It doesn’t tell us about human experience of that place and what it’s like to live there.
10
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Evaluate maps and cartography (strengths and weaknesses)
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Strengths :
- Can be used to show people’s lived experience and local knowledge eg. Hand maps, emotion maps
Weaknesses :
- They can misrepresent reality and have political bias or distortion
- Maps in the past were often hand-drawn and therefore open to subjectivity.
- Ordnance Survey (OS) maps limit what is shown, it is not possible to always be able to tell land-use and there may be no indication of what buildings are used for.
- Maps are not always updated that frequently.
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Evaluate paintings and photos (strengths and weaknesses)
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Strengths :
- Paintings can be used to show historical change for periods of time when we did not have photography.
- Before and after photos show how characteristics of areas and places have changed
- Photographs can give an accurate representation of change that we are able to visualize.
Weaknesses :
- Can be manipulated to show what the artist wants you to see
- Photos can easily by cropped, manipulated or “Photoshopped”, manipulating the representation of place.
- Many artistic sources are aimed at a particular audience to make a particular point.
12
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Evaluate poetry, music, tv and text (strengths and weaknesses)
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Strengths :
- Evokes real emotions/ sense of place about this valley as a changing place.
Weaknesses :
- Can show one side of a place at a certain time without showing change
- It can a place a falsely positive or negative image.
13
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Evaluate interviews (strengths and weaknesses)
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Strengths :
- Gives an in depth understanding of people’s lived experience and sense of place in past and present by providing first-hand experience.
- Interviews let people express more freely than a questionnaire.
Weaknesses :
- It is time consuming.
- It is very selective.
- Small numbers so may not be representative.
- People may not be honest.
- Interviewer interprets the results and may be biased.
14
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What is a geotag?
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- Someone tagging a location
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What is geospatial data?
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- Any data that is indicted by or related to a geographic location
- Data attached to a place
