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 importance of place in human life and experience
- People define themselves through a sense of place and by living in places
- Promotion of place is crucial in the marketing of holiday destinations
- Food items are increasingly marketed in terms of the place they came from
- People may ‘buy into’ or ‘consume’ place
People’s lived experience of place can be explored by looking at the impact of place on identity, belongin
+ well-being
Identity
- Place can be critical to the construction of identity home and local geographical area (local newspap
local fayre/events)
- Localism (‘nimbyism’), regionalism, nationalism
- Cornwall – calls for more regional government but also metro mayors to give north more power
HS2
- Nationalism shared language, sports events
,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 importance of place in human life and experience
- People define themselves through a sense of place and by living in places
- Promotion of place is crucial in the marketing of holiday destinations
- Food items are increasingly marketed in terms of the place they came from
- People may ‘buy into’ or ‘consume’ place
People’s lived experience of place can be explored by looking at the impact of place on identity, belongin
+ well-being
Identity
- Place can be critical to the construction of identity home and local geographical area (local newspap
local fayre/events)
- Localism (‘nimbyism’), regionalism, nationalism
- Cornwall – calls for more regional government but also metro mayors to give north more power
HS2
- Nationalism shared language, sports events
