Changing Places
, The nature and importance of places
The concept of place
The meaning of the term place varies greatly depending on the discipline
- For geographers location, locale and sense of place
- Location = physical place, the where, longitude and latitude
- Locale = takes into account the effect that people have on their setting
- Sense of place = subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place
Theoretical approaches to place
There is clearly an overlap between them and no approach is more important than another
Descriptive approach
- Idea that the world is a set of places and each place can be studied and is distinct
Social constructionist approach
- Sees place as a product of a particular set of social processes occurring at a particular time
- Eg. Trafalgar square was built to commemorate a British naval victory in the 1800s and using a social constructi
approach, could be understood as a place of empire and colonialism
Phenomenological approach
- Not interesting in the unique characteristics of a place or why it was constructed
- Instead it is interested in how an individual person experiences place highly personal relationship between pl
person
, The nature and importance of places
The concept of place
The meaning of the term place varies greatly depending on the discipline
- For geographers location, locale and sense of place
- Location = physical place, the where, longitude and latitude
- Locale = takes into account the effect that people have on their setting
- Sense of place = subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place
Theoretical approaches to place
There is clearly an overlap between them and no approach is more important than another
Descriptive approach
- Idea that the world is a set of places and each place can be studied and is distinct
Social constructionist approach
- Sees place as a product of a particular set of social processes occurring at a particular time
- Eg. Trafalgar square was built to commemorate a British naval victory in the 1800s and using a social constructi
approach, could be understood as a place of empire and colonialism
Phenomenological approach
- Not interesting in the unique characteristics of a place or why it was constructed
- Instead it is interested in how an individual person experiences place highly personal relationship between pl
person
