Changing Places

• What is a trace in the context of a place?

  First thought about a place
• What are the three aspects that make up a place?

  Location, locale, and sense of place
• What does locale refer to in the context of a place?

  Meaning of place to society and its characteristics
• What does the phenomenological approach to place focus on?

  How people feel and experience a place
• What is the concept of a place?

  • Location: geographical position
  • Locale: social meaning and characteristics
  • Sense of place: emotional attachment and identity
• What does genius loci refer to?

  The true spirit of a place
• What is Orientalism as theorized by Edward Said?

  Stereotyping of the Middle East by media ideas
• What are gated communities?

  Private communities with restricted access
• What is othering in social contexts?

  Identifying differences between ourselves and others
• What are the consequences of othering?

  Leads to racism, xenophobia, and stereotyping
• What are the three factors that develop place attachment?

  Person, process, and place
• How is the degree of attachment to a place determined?

  By experience intensity, duration, and meaning
• What does holistic mean in this context?

  Overall view of everything
• What is topography?

  Study of the Earth's surface features
• What is global shift in economic terms?

  Change in economic activities worldwide
• What does deindustrialisation refer to?

  Decline of industrial activity in a region
• What are the three Rs in place development?

  Reimaging, rebranding, and regeneration
• What is triangulation in research?

  Using qualitative and quantitative methods together
• What does positionality refer to?

  How experience and identity affect views
• What is provenance in the context of representation?

  Purpose and origin of the representation
• What is a map?

  A representation of a place with omitted info
• What is accuracy in terms of representation?

  Closeness to truth
• What is reliability in terms of representation?

  Trustworthiness of the representation
• What is usefulness in terms of representation?

  What can be learned from the source
• What does DIPRUG stand for in source analysis?

  • Description
  • Imagery
  • Provenance
  • Reliability
  • Usefulness
  • Geography
• What is place identity?

  Meaning and significance of a place to residents
• What is a force of change in geography?

  Social or economic process altering place characteristics
• Who are agents of change?

  Individuals or groups shaping place identity
• What does place-making involve?

  Deliberately changing identity of a place
• What is placelessness?

  Weakening of identity leading to similarity
• What does NIMBY-ISM stand for?

  Not In My Back Yard, local objections
• What does depression refer to in geography?

  Economically and socially disadvantaged areas
• What does deprivation mean in geography?

  Lack of access to basic necessities
• What is spatial divide?

  Unequal distribution of resources across regions
• How can depression, deprivation, and spatial divide be influenced?

  By government policies and historical inequalities
• What is regeneration in urban areas?

  Revitalizing neighborhoods through investment
• What is gentrification?

  Wealthier individuals moving into an area
• Who are yuppies?

  Young urban professionals driving gentrification
• What is hipsterfication?

  Cultural transformation towards trendy appeal
• What are the outcomes of regeneration, gentrification, and hipsterfication?

  Economic growth and potential displacement of residents