Space and Place SG1

Question 1

Define Place

Answer 1

A location and locale with meaning, Places can be meaningful to individuals or groups in ways that are personal or subjective and also at a social or cultural level

Question 2

Define Space

Answer 2

A location without meaning

Question 3

Define Location

Answer 3

A place on the map e.g. a grid reference or latitude/longitude coordinate

Question 4

Define Locale

Answer 4

A setting whereby everyday life activities take place e.g. office, park school

Question 5

What is formed in locale settings?

Answer 5

Attitudes and behaviours are forged by social interactions in such locations, We tend to behave in a particular way driven by the social norms we understand

Question 6

Define Sense of Place

Answer 6

The subjective attachment to a place e.g. its emotional/personal meaning

Question 7

What are three examples of qualitative data collection methods?

Answer 7

Questionnaires, Land use survey, Mental maps

Question 8

What are three examples of quantitative data collection methods?

Answer 8

Bi-polar surveys, Environmental quality survey, pedestrian count

Question 9

What does the Place Wheel provide?

Answer 9

A way of judging a public space/place

Question 10

What does each quadrant of the Place Wheel deal with?

Answer 10

Different aspects of the characteristics which can be used to measure the quality of the place/space

Question 11

Define Coding

Answer 11

A process in which qualitative data is categorised to help with presentation and analysis

Question 12

Define Representation

Answer 12

The description or portrayal of a place or people in a particular way

Question 13

Define Formal Data

Answer 13

Representation of a place based on statistical data which can be geolocated, It tends to be objective

Question 14

Define Informal Data

Answer 14

A representation of a place through the media, Does not necessarily reflect the actual world so can be subjective

Question 15

Define Objective

Answer 15

Not influenced by personal feelings

Question 16

Define Subjective

Answer 16

Is influenced by personal feelings

Question 17

What are three advantages of informal data?

Answer 17

Different sources show a range of perspectives, Useful for creating a ‘sense of place’, Wide variety of sources available

Question 18

What are three disadvantages of informal data?

Answer 18

May not give full picture, Representation may not be time framed, Representation can be misinterpreted or manipulated to support a point

Question 19

What are three advantages of formal data?

Answer 19

Direct comparisons can be made, Census is food for showing data at a range of scales, Data is time-framed so can identify change over time

Question 20

What are three disadvantages of formal data?

Answer 20

Tells us little about human experience, Dependant on the reliability of the data, Data can be misinterpreted or manipulated to support a point

Question 21

Define Perceptions

Answer 21

The way in which a place is viewed or regarded by people, It is subjective

Question 22

What can perceptions be influenced by?

Answer 22

RAGERS

Question 23

What does RAGERS stand for?

Answer 23

Role, Age, Gender, Ethnicity, Religion, Sexuality

Question 24

What can a person’s emotional attachment to a place influence?

Answer 24

Their behaviour and activities in a place

Question 25

Define Diaspora

Answer 25

The spread of an ethnic or national group from their homeland e.g. Jews from Israel or Kurds from Kurdistan

Question 26

What is one way emotional attachment can influence people?

Answer 26

When they do not have a clear defined and self-governed homeland, Some of this group may exist as a diaspora

Question 27

Who are the Kurds?

Answer 27

A distinct community, united through race, culture and language

Question 28

Which four countries do most Kurds live in?

Answer 28

Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria

Question 29

Define Insider

Answer 29

Someone who is familiar with a place and feels welcome/belongs to it, They have strong emotional attachment to a place

Question 30

Define Outsider

Answer 30

Someone who feels unwelcome/don't belong, The place is incidental to their needs

Question 31

Define Globalisation

Answer 31

The increasing interconnection of the world's economic, cultural and political systems

Question 32

Globalisation and time-space compression can...

Answer 32

… Alter a sense of place, creating feelings of familiarity or sense of dislocation

Question 33

Define Global Village

Answer 33

A term used to describe the closer connections places now have

Question 34

Define Time-Space Compression

Answer 34

A set of processes leading to a shrinking world caused by reductions in relative distances between places

Question 35

What do people say we are doing to create a shrinking world?

Answer 35

'Speeding up and spreading up'

Question 36

What flows are included in time-space compression?

Answer 36

Flows of people, goods and ideas

Question 37

What are globalisation and global brands leading to?

Answer 37

Placelessness

Question 38

Define Clone Town

Answer 38

Refers to towns where high streets or major shopping centres are becoming increasingly dominated by global chains