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Changing Places revision questions Flashcards

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What is meant by “place”?

Changing places - L1

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Place is an areas location & meaning

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What gives a place meaning?

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Culture, social aspects as well as personal experiences can give a place meaning

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What is locale?

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Locale refers to the affect people have on an area, how it is shaped by their customs and culture

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What is the difference between location and locale?

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Locale takes into consideration the affect people have on an area

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What does “sense of place” mean?

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Sense of place is the subjective emotional attachment people have to a place

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Think of a place, what is it’s Locale? What is it’s sense of place?

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Example: Glastonbury
Location: Somerset, 23 miles south of bristol
Locale: Home to multiple visitor attractons e.g. the abbey & Tor, Links to legends of King Arthur
Sense of place: A place of great historical significance & entertainment for many

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What is trafalgar square’s “sense of place” ?

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Great architecture, famous landmark, show of culture.
Sends a message of the country’s power to those who walk through it

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What allows someoe to have an insider perspective of an area?

Differing viewpoints

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Geographical familiarity, employment, education, language, ethnic backgound

Differing viewpoints

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What could make someone feel like an outsider?

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Employment, socio-economic background, Music, food, culture

Differing viewpoints

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What is an insider?

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Someone who feells comfortable in a place, familiar & as though they belong

Differing viewpoints

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What is an outsider?

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Someone who feels unfamiliar with a place, alienated and perhaps as though they don’t belong

Differing Viewpoints

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What can make a place feel “near” or “far”

Near and far place

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A locations geographical distance or the familiarity of a place/its emotional connection through experience or representational exposure

Near and far place

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What is the difference between media place & experienced place?

Near and far place

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Media place is often biased - therefore may not serve as a fair representational experience of an area

Near and far place

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How can media bias affect the way a place is viewed/interpreted?

Near and far place

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Media is often biased towards a place because it has an agenda and will want to portray an area in a certain way. So will only show what they want that will support this agenda

Near and far place

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What is are endogenous factors of a place? Give 2 examples.

Place characteristics

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Endogenous factors are characteristics or factors of a place which have originated internally e.g. physical geography, location, land use, or social factors like employment, population etc

Place characteristics

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What are exogenous factors of a place? Give 2 examples.

Place characteristics

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Exogenous factors are characteristics of a place that are external or based on its relationship with another place. e.g. shifting flow of money, people, resources etc

Place characteristics

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What are 3 endogenous factors of a place?

Place characteristics

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An area is on a coal deposit
An area is built at the foot of a volcanic slope
An area has a higher percentage of older people

Place characteristics

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What are 3 examples of endogenous factors of a place?

Place characteristics

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  • A place is near a major port
  • A place is 25km from the capital city
  • A place is close to a motorway junction

Place characteristics

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What are some examples of endogenuous and exogenuous factors of a place you are familiar with?

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Example: Weymouth
Exogenuous: 7 miles from Dorchester, located near Durdle Door, hosted the olympics in 2012
Endogenuous: Has a beach, larger percentage of older people, offers boat rides & fishing trips

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What are 4 categories of place?

Categories of place continued

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Near, far, Experienced, media

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How can media change how a place is seen?

Categories of place continued

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Media perceptions are biased and have an agenda which may influence them to only show parts of a place that the view they want you to have of a place.

Categories of place continued

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What should you be aware of when studying an artistic source?

Artistic sources - place representation

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  • Positionality of the artist
  • The built environment

Artistic sources - place representation

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What is meant by “positionality” ?

Artistic sources - place representation

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How a person’s identity, personal views & location in time and space influence how they understand and interpret the world

Artistic sources - place representation

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What is meant by “the built environment”?

Artistic sources - place representation

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Human made structures, the environment where people live and work

Artistic sources - place representation

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What is meant by “quality of life”?

Quality of life

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The general well-being of individuals and societies.

Quality of life

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What can affect people’s quality of life?

Quality of life

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  • cost of living
  • freedom
  • health
  • safety & risk
  • economy
  • infrastructure
  • culture & leisure
  • environment
  • infrastructure
  • climate

Quality of life

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What is a “placemaker?”

Quality of life

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People who help make areas attractive & safe and promote people’s health, happiness and well-being

Quality of life

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What is an example of a placemaker?

Quality of life

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Architects, influencers, builders, councils & the government are all examples of placemakers

Quality of life

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What is rebranding?

Quality of life

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Trying to change the peception of an area - redeveloping an area to give it a new identity

Quality of life

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What is placemaking?

Quality of life

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The deliberate shaping of an environment to facilitate social interaction & improve a community’s quality of life

Quality of life

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What is localism?

Quality of life

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An affection or emotional ownership of a particular place (e.g NIMBYism)

Quality of life

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What is regionalism?

Quality of life

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Consciousness of, and loyalty to a distinct area that shares similarities

Quality of life

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What is nationalism?

Quality of life

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Loyalty and devotion to a nation which creates a sense of national consciousness

Quality of life

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What are the aims of urban rebranding?

Urban rebranding

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  • To revive a pre-existing, outdated image
  • Differentiate an area from other places
  • Assosciate an area with a national event (e.g. olympics)
  • Highlight changes in activites or characteristics of an area

Urban rebranding

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What is the “tourist gaze”?

Urban rebranding

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The highly biased view of an area based on the experience of visitors

Urban rebranding

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What is re-imaging?

Urban rebranding

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Disassosciating a place from negative pre-existing images in relation to social deprivation & high levels of crime etc

Urban rebranding

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What is regeneration?

Urban rebranding

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The long term process of developing and using social, environmental and economical action to reverse urban decline

Urban rebranding

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Which 3 factors make up sustainability?

Urban rebranding

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Environmental - no pollution, waste, non-renewables etc
Social - good working conditions, health etc
Economic - Good jobs, wages fair trade etc

Urban rebranding

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