The Nature + Impirtance Of Place Flashcards
Place (2)
Location, locale, + sense of place
Location with meaning
Location
A specific point on earths surface
Locale
A place that has particular events associated with it.
Sense of place (2)
The subjective feelings people have about places
The role of place in their identity
Placelessness
The loss of uniqueness of a place in the cultural landscape
Positionality (2(5)
theory in which different people perceive places in different ways
Depends on certain factors such as gender, race, age, religion, socio- economic status
Insider
Someone who is familiar with a place and who feels welcome in that place
Outsider
Someone who feels unwelcome or excluded from a place
Character
The physical and human features that distinguish a particular place and make it unique
Endogenous factor (2)
The internal factors that shape a place’s character.
These could be physical or they could be human factors
Exogenous factors (2)
The external factors which shape a place’s character
Including the links to other places and the flows in and out of a place
Experienced place
A place that someone has spent time in
Media place
A place that someone has not been to, but have created a sense of place through their depiction in the media
Near place
A place that is either geographically close or a place that you personally feel is welcoming and familiar
Far place (2)
A place that is either geographically far away
A place that is unfamiliar/uncomfortable to a person
