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1
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Place

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The web of characteristics, flows and perceptions that are all attached to a specific location.

2
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What aspects make up a ‘place’?

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  • Location
  • Physical characteristics
  • Human characteristics
  • Flows
  • Sense of place
3
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What aspects of a place are constantly changing?

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Everything apart from location

4
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Location

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‘Where’ a place is, eg. coordinates

5
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Locale

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Takes into account the effect that people have on their setting.

6
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Sense of place

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Refers to the subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place.

7
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Localism

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An affection for or an emotional ownership of a particular place.

8
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Regionalism

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Consciousness of and loyalty to a distinct region with a population that shares similarities.

9
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Nationalism

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

10
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Insider perspective

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Someone who is familiar with a place and feels welcome there.

11
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Outsider perspective

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Someone who feels unwelcome or excluded from a place.

12
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Give examples of factors that can make a person feel like an insider or outsider:

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Age, sexuality, gender

13
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Experienced places

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Places people have spent time in which has created a sense of place.

14
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Media places

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

15
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Near places

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Geographically close to where a person lives

16
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Far places

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Geographically distant from where a person lives

17
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Where are people more likely to feel like insiders?

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In near places, as they are more likely to have experienced them and feel more comfortable in them.

18
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How has globalisation affected people’s experience of geographical distance?

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  • Travel tech improvements = far places are quicker to get to and can be experienced more easily and frequently.
  • ICT improvements = increased familiarity with media places.
  • Internet = people can remain close with people + activities in far places.
19
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Placelessness

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Idea that globalisation is making distant places look and feel the same.

20
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The web of characteristics, flows and perceptions that are all attached to a specific location.

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Place

21
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‘Where’ a place is, eg. coordinates

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Location

22
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Takes into account the effect that people have on their setting.

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Locale

23
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Refers to the subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place.

A

Sense of place

24
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An affection for or an emotional ownership of a particular place.

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Localism

25
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Consciousness of and loyalty to a distinct region with a population that shares similarities.

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Regionalism

26
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Loyalty and devotion to a nation which creates a sense of national consciousness.

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Nationalism

27
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Someone who is familiar with a place and feels welcome there.

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Insider perspective

28
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Someone who feels unwelcome or excluded from a place.

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Outsider perspective

29
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Places people have spent time in which has created a sense of place.

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Experienced places

30
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Places that people have not been to, but have created a sense of place for through their depiction in the media.

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Media places

31
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Geographically close to where a person lives

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Near places

32
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Geographically distant from where a person lives

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Far places

33
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Idea that globalisation is making distant places look and feel the same.

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Placelessness