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AQA A Level Geography paper 2
Jeremiah
Terms in this set (52)
Place A location which has different meanings to various people.
The deliberate shaping of an environment to facilitate social interaction and improve a
Placemaking
community's quality of life.
Locations that are associated with everyday activities and are shaped by the people,
locale
culture and customs within it.
Sense of place the subjective and emotional attachment to a place which gives it meaning.
Places are dynamic processes
Doreen Massey Places have multiple identities
Places have no boundaries
Defined by geographer Edward Relph as the loss of uniqueness of place in the cultural
Placelessness
landscape.
Positionality Factors such as age, gender, race that influence how we perceive different places.
the spirit of a place - develop a sense of place and suggests every place has a unique
genius loci
spirit or atmosphere.
settlements where the high street is dominated by chain stores- placelessness.
Clone town
Globalisation has created these homogenised places.
An area that is resisting the power of globalisation e.g. it's anti-Costa campaign in 2012
Totnes, Devon
that succeeded.
A local currency that aims to encourage people to shop locally and support
Bristol pound
independent businesses.
The modification of global products and ideas to suit local conditions. E.g. McDonald's
Glocalisation
have removed pork from the menu in Muslim countries.
places that feel like home, where people would live in a similar way to which we live.
Near place 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.
Places we have been to and developed our own sense of place, emotional attachment,
Experienced place
change previous perceptions, genius loci.
Places we have formed a perception of based on what we see in the media, makes
Media place
world seem smaller, more understanding of the world.
Those who feel at home within a place. Ethnic groups cluster together which can help
insider
them feel like insiders.
Born in the country, fluent in local language, conform with idioms and social norms and
Characteristics of an insider
has feelings of emotional attachment and familiarity.
a viewpoint of someone who is not from the certain place/doesn't live there/has little
outsider
or no experience of that place.
Feelings of alienation and not belonging, sense of place may come from media
Outsider characteristics representations. E.g. a recent immigrant who doesn't understand the culture and may
feel excluded from the place.
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AQA A Level Geography paper 2
Jeremiah
Terms in this set (52)
Place A location which has different meanings to various people.
The deliberate shaping of an environment to facilitate social interaction and improve a
Placemaking
community's quality of life.
Locations that are associated with everyday activities and are shaped by the people,
locale
culture and customs within it.
Sense of place the subjective and emotional attachment to a place which gives it meaning.
Places are dynamic processes
Doreen Massey Places have multiple identities
Places have no boundaries
Defined by geographer Edward Relph as the loss of uniqueness of place in the cultural
Placelessness
landscape.
Positionality Factors such as age, gender, race that influence how we perceive different places.
the spirit of a place - develop a sense of place and suggests every place has a unique
genius loci
spirit or atmosphere.
settlements where the high street is dominated by chain stores- placelessness.
Clone town
Globalisation has created these homogenised places.
An area that is resisting the power of globalisation e.g. it's anti-Costa campaign in 2012
Totnes, Devon
that succeeded.
A local currency that aims to encourage people to shop locally and support
Bristol pound
independent businesses.
The modification of global products and ideas to suit local conditions. E.g. McDonald's
Glocalisation
have removed pork from the menu in Muslim countries.
places that feel like home, where people would live in a similar way to which we live.
Near place 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.
Places we have been to and developed our own sense of place, emotional attachment,
Experienced place
change previous perceptions, genius loci.
Places we have formed a perception of based on what we see in the media, makes
Media place
world seem smaller, more understanding of the world.
Those who feel at home within a place. Ethnic groups cluster together which can help
insider
them feel like insiders.
Born in the country, fluent in local language, conform with idioms and social norms and
Characteristics of an insider
has feelings of emotional attachment and familiarity.
a viewpoint of someone who is not from the certain place/doesn't live there/has little
outsider
or no experience of that place.
Feelings of alienation and not belonging, sense of place may come from media
Outsider characteristics representations. E.g. a recent immigrant who doesn't understand the culture and may
feel excluded from the place.
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