Changing places Flashcards
(57 cards)
Agents of change
The people who impact places, whether through living or working there or actively trying to change that place. E.g. residents, community groups, corporations, investors, central and local governments, media.
Approach - descriptive
The idea that the world is a set of places and each place can be studied and is distinct
Approach - humanistic
Emphasises the study of the whole person, gives a central and active role to human awareness, agency and creativity
Approach - phenomenological
All emphasis when understanding places on how individuals experience it as it is a very personal relationship between people and places
Approach - social constructionist
Sees the meaning of places embedded in a particular set of social processes from a particular time
Belonging to place
Being a part of the community
DIaspora
A scattered population whose origin lies within a smaller geographic locale
Diversity
When a range of activities take place temporally and spatially across a settlement. Larger settlements tend to be more diverse
Doreen Massey
Radical geographer, feminist, socialist who wrote a lot about space, place and power
Endogenous factors
Characteristics of a place that have origination internally or are inherent to its nature e.g. London’s topography or Bristol’s proximity to Wales are both inherent factors
Ethnicity
A social group that has common , cultural, ancestral, or linguistic features
Exogenous factors
Refers to the factors that shape places that are external or have external origin. These factors are the shifting flows of people, money, resources and investment
Experienced places
Places that a person has spent time in
Genius loci
Coined by Yi-Fu Tuan, which can describe the distinctive spirit of a place
Geospatial data
Informatia that identify the geographic location and characteristics of natural or constructed features and boundaries on Earth, normally represented by points, lines, shapes.
Global mobility
Increased facility of movement through faster and cheaper transport, EU free movement style agreements. This has affected the socio-economic characteristics of their home country and those of their destination, helping to shape places in the modern world.
Globalisation
The increasing interconnectedness of places around the globe due to increased links in trade, transport, culture and politics. This involves increased flows of people, money, goods, food, culture, ideas.
Homogenised
When a places have become similar to one another
Identity
Places can easily influence the identity that an entity feels, be that regional, local, national…
Insider perspectives
Being inside a place is being part of the community or identifying with it. This is where NIMBYism comes from
Inward orientation of place
Concerned with how things, representations and practices gather together is places
Locale
This is the place where something happens or is set or has particular events associated with it
Localisation
A greater focus on the local place and the promotion of local goods and services, particularly as a response to global capitalism.
Localism
Affection or emotional connection to a particular place
