Changing places Flashcards
(45 cards)
What is location?
“where” a place is, for example, the co-ordinates on a map
What is locale?
Takes into account the effect that people have on their setting
What is sense of place?
the subjective and emotional attachment that people have to a place
What is meaning?
individual or collective perceptions of place
What is media?
Means of communication which reach or influence people widely
What is place?
a location with meaning
What is placemaking?
the deliberate shaping of an environment to facilitate and improve a community’s quality of life
What is globalisation?
the increasing connections between places and people across the planet, established through trade, politics and cultural exchanges, and helped by technology and transport
What is localisation?
The act of operating locally in terms of employees, product, supply of raw materials ect.
What is glocalisation?
A product or service that is developed and distributed globally but it is also adjusted to accomodate the user or consumer in a local market
What is placelessness?
suggests that a place is not unique
What is homogenisation?
the process where places and social characteristics become more similar to each other so that they eventually become indistinguishable
Why did Totnes’ community resist Costa in the town centre? LOCALISATION
The town already had 41 independent coffee shops and is well-known in the south-west for its alternate image with a resident community for artists, writers, therapists, musicians and herbalists
How did Costa respond to Totnes’ community? LOCALISATION
They pulled out after the community signed a petition
Was Totnes right to say no? LOCALISATION
Yes because it would stop smaller businesses making as much income as there is another coffee shop. No because globalisation is occurring
How did McDonald’s glocalise their product to fit the Indian food market? GLOCALISATION
they had to change their food serving because it had to fit in with Indian culture for them to gain income. They created the Chicken Maharajah Mac and the Aloo Tiki Burger
Where is Glastonbury located?
Somerset, England
What is Glastonbury’s locale?
visitor attractions such as the Abbey and Tor
What is Glastonbury’s sense of place?
- great spiritual importance
- paganism, religious connections, King Arthur affiliation
- Glastonbury festival
What is the descriptive approach?
the idea that the world is a set of places and each place can be studied and is distinct
What is the social constructionist approach?
a product of a particular set of social processes occurring at a particular time
What is the phenomenological approach?
how and individual person experiences place
What is a near place?
places located in adjacent settlements and the wider surrounding region
What is a far place?
distant places within a country or places in other countries often at a considerable distant away
