Changing places advanced Flashcards
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What is the descriptive approach?
The idea that the world is a set of distinct and unique places and each place can be studied.
What is a clone town?
A term used to describe urban retail areas dominated by national and international chain stores. Due to their appearance, and endogenous factors which are similar to lots of other towns where the same chain stores have located, they look like lots of other high streets and therefore loose cultural importance and uniqueness.
What is globalisation?
A process by which global economies, societies, and cultures have become increasingly intergrated through improving networks of global trade, communication, transport (and immigration). This has led to the world seeming like a smaller place as it is no longer difficult to interact with parts of the world which are futher away.
What is glocalisation
A process where chain stores fashion their products or services differently across the globe, to appeal to customers in the local market.
e.g. McDonald’s chaning their menu by country, fast food chains changing portion sizes to meet local expectations, companies being selective about their products (e.g. alcohol in religious states).
What is global sense of place?
The idea that places are significant and are being reworked by globalisation, not destroyed by it.
What is placemaking?
The deliberate shaping of an environment ti facilitate social interaction and improve a community’s QofL.
What is placelessness?
The characteristics of places that are indistinguishable from other places in appearance of character. They have no characteristics which make the place unique/define the place.
What is place marketing?
When places are branded or “sold” as products to consumers
What is a private place?
A place that is privately owned and public access may be limited/prevented
What is a psuedo-public place?
A place that appears to be public but is actually owned privately, the owners of the land are allowing the general public to use the place under certain circumstances
What is sense of place?
The emotional and subjective attachment that people have to place. This is most likely to differ between people.
What is the social constructivist approach to defining place?
A place is made up of a particular set of social processes occuring at a specific time period. e.g. Trafalgar square got its importance from the battle of Trafalgar, so has been defined by this event.
What is topophillia?
What is topophobia?
How are they the same and different?
Topophillia is the love/bond between a place people or setting, and having a strong attachment to it. Topophobia is the dislike of a place.
It is possible to have both topophillia and topophobia, where a person has a strong bond to a place, but the attachment is negative.g
Expert: What is psycogeography?
The study of the effects of geographical environment, consciously organised or not, on the emotions and behaviour of individuals
Case study information : Alcatraz
What are some key facts about alcatraz?
- Prison of the coast of San Fransisco
- Only 5 % of prisoners were female
- Held nearly 336 prisoners at full capacity
- No visitors allowed
- The infamous Al Capone stayed there
- No successful escape attempts
- Now forms part of the Escape from Alcatraz triathalon (1.5mile swim inland)
- 1969 Native American activists - cut of electricity and food supplies to them
Case study information : Alcatraz
What are some of the key takeaways about Alcatraz
- Differing perspectives and experiences (inmates vs officers vs families of officers that stayed on the island vs native americans vs tourists)
- Pride and cultrual identity themes from native americans
- Differing opinions of government system
- Differing feelings of safety and happiness
- Closed in 1960s, officers lost livelehoods
- 89 Indians 20th Sept 1969 - 71
Case study information : Taiwan
Give a brief summary of Taiwan
- Off the East coast of China
- Has been occupied by many countries in the past including Dutch, Spanish, and was an annex of the Qing Dynasty, the last Dynasty of China, and Japan
- PROC claims that they have righful soverinity over ROC, but ROC wish to remain independant
- To combat this and the potential spread of China, USA has formed strong relations with ROC
- Hence, ROC’s identity is being shaped by other world powers and relations, based on their own agendas, exogenous factors
Case Study Information : Taiwan
What are some issues that have arised with the Taiwan soverinity and allegiance dispute?
- China has sanctioned websites and airline companies for using “Taiwan” instead of “China” on booking sites
- The USA’s allegiance with Taiwan has angered China, as it is said to be breaking their “one China policy” where the US agrees to accept all renegade Chinese states as part of PROC, and to not interact with them on any levels
- Issues around supply chains for semiconductors as Taiwan is a major manufacturer in semiconductors
How does identity relate to Geography?
A person’s identity is greatly shaped by their attachment to a place (sense of place).
What are the three levels of identity?
Localism: Emotional attachment to a town local area e.g. Greenford, Fordlandia (often the strongest as they have a greater knowledge of this area and the people within it)
Regionalim: Loyalty to a specific region with a population that shares similarities (e.g. Punjab, Yorkshire) Factors that form nationalism include language, culture and customs, food, political opinions
Nationalism: Loyalty and devotion to a nation which create a sense of national consciousness or patriotism
Factors that foster a sense of nationalism include flags, anthems, sporting events
Religion can also create a local and larger identity:
- Relation to a physical place of worship
- Attachment to a place of pilgramige
- Belonging to the wider religious community
What is lived experience?
Lived experience is the experiences and choices of a person related to a place. It is also the knowledge we gain from these experiences and choices, and the meaning we attach to them.
How do place and people shape eachother (advanced)
A place can be defined by locale, which is how people interact with the setting. These interactions develop a person’s lived experiences. The emotions attached to the experience (memory) is what creates sense of place. Their sense of place will alter how they inform others about the place as a representation of the place. This sense of place is reflected in the perceptions of the third party.
How are people-place relationships exploited?
- Marketing of holidays
- National or native dishes (selling the unique experience)
- Event can be made more popular based on the famous reputation of the venue
KEY CASE STUDY KNOWLEDGE
How do power and place relate?
Places of great significance are often the site for major events
e.g. to battle against unpopular political regimes/capitalist problems, the public have created displays of outrage in famous places to attract attention
e.g.
- JUST STOP OIL
- Border Of Delhi, Punjab farmer protest
- Occupy Movement London, St Pauls
- Tahir Square, Cairo - Egyptian revolution
