Booklet 1

• Place definition


  location + meaning
• theoretical approaches to place

  - descriptive approach

  - social constructionist approach

  - phenomenological approach
• Descriptive Approach


  The 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
• Phenomenological Approach


  how and individual person experiences place - through human perception and experience we get to know places
• location


  where a place is
• locale


  Takes into account the effect that people have on their setting

  -place shaped by people and cultures within it
• sense of place


  refers to subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place
• Topophilia


  a strong sense of love for a particular place eg. home
• Topophobia


  a fear or dread of certain places eg. dentist
• What factors may make people feel like an outsider

  -bad experience

  -no friends

  -crime

  -language

  -culture

  -disability
• 2 meanings of near and far

  1) geographical distance

  2)emotional connection with a particular place and how comfortable someone feels there
• them and us' attitude

  can arise from the concept of near and far places

  can lead to racist ideologies
• Experienced place


  those places a person has spent time in
• media place


  -those a person has only read about or seen in film

  -may be ficticious or real

  -can be portrayed differently
• types of media which influence our sense of space

  -newspapers

  -television

  -radio

  -online reviews

  -films

  -social media