TOPIC PROGRESS CHECKER
CHANGING PLACES
KEY SPECIFICATION
IDEA CONTENT
1 The concept of place and the importance of place in human life and experience
2 Insider and outsider perspectives on place
3 Categories of place; near and far places, experienced places and media places
THE NATURE AND
IMPORTANCE OF 4 Positionality factors responsible for creating a sense of place
PLACES
Factors contributing to the character of place:
Endogenous: location, topography, physical geography, land use, built environment and infras
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demographic and economic characteristics
Exogenous: relationships with other places
In relation to a local place within which you live or study, and one further contrasting place, encompassing loc
CHANGING national, international and global scales:
PLACES: The ways in which relationships and connections affect continuity and change in the nature of places a
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REPRESENTATIONS understanding of places
, CONNECTIONS, 7
The ways in which meaning and representation affect continuity and change in the nature of places an
MEANINGS AND understanding of places
RELATIONSHIPS The ways in which our own lives (and those of others) are affected by continuity and change in the natu
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our understanding of place.
The impact of relationships and connections on people and place with a particular focus on:
9 Changing demographic and cultural characteristics
RELATIONSHIPS 10
How the demographic, socio-economic and cultural characteristics of places are shaped by shifting flow
AND resources, money and investment, and ideas at all scales from local to global.
CONNECTIONS The characteristics and impacts of external forces operating at different scales from local to global, incl
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government policies or the decisions of multinational corporations or the impacts of international or g
How past and present connections, within and beyond localities, shape places and embed them in the
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national, international and global scales.
The importance of the meanings and representations attached to places by people with a particular foc
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lived experience of place in the past and at present.
How humans perceive, engage with and form attachments to places and how they present and represe
14 others, including the way in which everyday place meanings are bound up with different identities, per
experiences.
How external agencies, including government, corporate bodies and community or local groups make a
MEANING AND 15 influence or create specific place-meanings and thereby shape the actions and behaviours of individua
REPRESENTATION businesses and institutions.
How places may be represented in a variety of different forms such as advertising copy, tourist agency
16 exhibitions in diverse media (eg film, photography, art, story, song etc) that often give contrasting imag
presented formally or statistically such as cartography and census data.
How both past and present processes of development can be seen to influence the social and economi
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of places and so be implicit in present meanings.
18 Local place study exploring the developing character of a place local to the home or study area
CHANGING PLACES
KEY SPECIFICATION
IDEA CONTENT
1 The concept of place and the importance of place in human life and experience
2 Insider and outsider perspectives on place
3 Categories of place; near and far places, experienced places and media places
THE NATURE AND
IMPORTANCE OF 4 Positionality factors responsible for creating a sense of place
PLACES
Factors contributing to the character of place:
Endogenous: location, topography, physical geography, land use, built environment and infras
5
demographic and economic characteristics
Exogenous: relationships with other places
In relation to a local place within which you live or study, and one further contrasting place, encompassing loc
CHANGING national, international and global scales:
PLACES: The ways in which relationships and connections affect continuity and change in the nature of places a
6
REPRESENTATIONS understanding of places
, CONNECTIONS, 7
The ways in which meaning and representation affect continuity and change in the nature of places an
MEANINGS AND understanding of places
RELATIONSHIPS The ways in which our own lives (and those of others) are affected by continuity and change in the natu
8
our understanding of place.
The impact of relationships and connections on people and place with a particular focus on:
9 Changing demographic and cultural characteristics
RELATIONSHIPS 10
How the demographic, socio-economic and cultural characteristics of places are shaped by shifting flow
AND resources, money and investment, and ideas at all scales from local to global.
CONNECTIONS The characteristics and impacts of external forces operating at different scales from local to global, incl
11
government policies or the decisions of multinational corporations or the impacts of international or g
How past and present connections, within and beyond localities, shape places and embed them in the
12
national, international and global scales.
The importance of the meanings and representations attached to places by people with a particular foc
13
lived experience of place in the past and at present.
How humans perceive, engage with and form attachments to places and how they present and represe
14 others, including the way in which everyday place meanings are bound up with different identities, per
experiences.
How external agencies, including government, corporate bodies and community or local groups make a
MEANING AND 15 influence or create specific place-meanings and thereby shape the actions and behaviours of individua
REPRESENTATION businesses and institutions.
How places may be represented in a variety of different forms such as advertising copy, tourist agency
16 exhibitions in diverse media (eg film, photography, art, story, song etc) that often give contrasting imag
presented formally or statistically such as cartography and census data.
How both past and present processes of development can be seen to influence the social and economi
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of places and so be implicit in present meanings.
18 Local place study exploring the developing character of a place local to the home or study area
