Changing spaces making places

terms with definitions

Space

A physical location

Place

A space with meaning often shaped by social, cultural, and personal factors.

Borders

Lines between places which separate them, they can be physical, political etc.

Scale

refers to the focus/ scope of something which could be an event or phenomenon e.g. local

Location

A physical point where a place is

Locale

locations in a place that are associated with everyday activities . E.g. school, sports ground or theatre

sense of place

The subjective and emotional attachment to a place which gives it meaning

Place Identity

Unique set of shared emotional and subjective meanings that people associate with a place

Re-imaging

The process if re-marketing a place to change perceptions from negative to positive

Re-Branding

The process of changing places to make them more attractive to visitors, residents and investors

Redevelopment

The renewal process that typically involves an influx of new, more affluent residents and the displacement of existing ones (physical changes) e.g. deliberate knocking down or building

Fictitious places

Places that only exist in media or literature rather than in real life

Commodified places

The introduction of a place that interests people e.g. shopping mall

staged authenticity

where aspects of local culture are presented or staged for tourists to be seen as genuine or authentic

Media places

Places that an individual hasn’t visited but has a perception of as a result f media presentations - this usually means that the sense of place is much weaker as the individual hasn’t visited the place