Changing Places Key Terms

Location

where a place is on a map, latitude/longitude

Locale

Each place is made up of a series of locales where everyday life activities take place e.g. home, park. These locales dictate our social interactions and help forge attitudes, values and behaviours - naturally behave different in each of these places.

Sense of place

the subjective and emotional attachment to a place

Space

an area with no meaning

Placelessness

the idea that a particular landscape could be anywhere because it lacks uniqueness e.g. airports, McDonalds

How globalisation is making distant places look and feel the same

Insiders

people who feel like they belong in a certain place and that is their home

Outsiders

people who feel out of place in a certain place and that they don't belong

Insiders features

-born in area

-permanent resident, passport, housing, vote, fluent in language

-understands rules of society

-safe, secure, happy

Outsiders features

-born elsewhere, foreign

-temporary visitor, not fluent, no work/passport

-misunderstand society rules

-alienated

Factors forming place attachment

-family/friends

-religion

-gender

-age

-experiences

-morals

-ethnicity

-education

-interests

Relationship between experience and attachment

Y axis = attachment

X axis = Intensity of experience

Place attachment

the emotional bond between a person and place

Near place

places that feel like home, where people would live in a similar way to which we live. We feel secure and this has a prop for our identity. Form our national identity as a country.

Far place

Places we see as foreign, alien and different. Division between 'them' and 'us', racist ideologies, 'whinging poms' mocking terms.

UK and France = neighbours but different

Media place

Places we have formed a perception of based on what we see in the media, makes world seem smaller, more understanding of world. Information age, contrast other representations, can we understand a place if we never develop a sense of place there?

Topophilia

love of a place

Topophobia

hate/fear of a place

Media representations

Slumdog Millionaire vs Exotic Marigold Hotel

Experienced place

Places we have been to and developed our own sense of place, deeper understanding and true nature, emotional attachment, change previous perceptions, Genius loci

Genius Loci

the spirit of a place - develop a sense of place, learn more about it

Endogenous factors

internal factors that help shape the character of a place, physical as well as human features

Examples of endogenous factors

Land use, demographic, nature/landscape

Factors influencing place

-location

-built environment

-physical geography

-topography

-land use

-economic characteristics

-infrastructure

-demographic characteristics

Exogenous factors

external factors that shape the character of a place, generally the relations that a place has with other places that affects its characteristics

Examples of exogenous factors

movement of:

people, resources, money, investment, ideas

Place identity

how people experience a place and the meaning they give to it.

Identity can be evident at a local, regional and national scale, people can hold multiple and conflicting views of a place

Near place definition

Geographically near to where a person lives, feels like home

Far place definition

Distant from where a person lives, seen as foreign

Experienced place definition

Places that people have spent time in. When a person visits/lives in a place their experiences shape their sense of that place

Media places definition

Places that people have not been to, but have created a sense of place through their deception in the media