Spec Definitions

• Define community group?


  An organised collection of people with shared interests and aims often concerning aspects of public life
• Define Endogenous factor?

  These constitute the characteristics of the place itself, including aspects such as climate, topography, etc, all of which contribute to peoples' experience of the place and their sense of place
• Define exogenous factor?

  These constitute external agents and processes that affect the character of a place and the experiences of those who live there. They include the activities of central governments, the operation and effect of the national and international economy
• Define experienced place?


  A place in which a person has actually spent time and directly experienced its characteristics
• Define far place?


  A place that a person perceives as being physically distant. The place may be viewed as being different to that of their own experienced place
• Define identities?


  A combination of physical, psychological and behavioural traits that contribute to a person's self-awareness and how others perceive them . this is in part shaped by where they live and/or their place of birth
• Define insider perspective ?

  A viewpoint from an individual who typically lives in a place

  • and therefore has frequent, direct experience of that place,
  • and understands the social and cultural norms
• Define media place?


  A place that has a meaning for a person as a result of exposure to images and information about that place via TV, radio, print, online etc
• Define near place?

  A location that a person perceives as being physically close, whether spatially or through easy access. Often this place is inextricably linked to the place the individual is located
• Define outsider perspective?


  A viewpoint from an individual who is not from a place or who doesn't live there and has little experience of the place. Such individuals may not understand the social norms of the society.
• Define perspective?


  A particular attitude or view towards a place. This can be influenced by media representation and/or personal experience
• Define place?


  An area on the Earth's surface which is identified as distinct by the people who live in it or visit it, and which has meaning for them

  Such meaning can and may well be shared by different groups of people
• Define representation?


  How a place is portrayed by the views, statements and communications of others.

  • This may be through formal sources such as census data
  • or through informal sources such as media reportage and imagery or verbalisation by others