Booklet 3

• perception of place


  the way in which a place is viewed or regarded by people
• How can places be represented?

  Media - websites, newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, film

  Social Media - youtube, facebook, Instagram, Trip Advisor

  Art - paintings, sculptures, textiles, album covers, installations

  Literature - novels, travel writing, plays, poetry, diaries

  Music - eg. 'New York, New York
• How Liverpool can be perceived - POSITIVE photos

  through POSITIVE photos - seems like place you'd want to visit

  - musical

  - classical

  - modern

  - architecture - cultural / historical

  - touristy
• How Liverpool can be perceived - NEGATIVE photos

  through NEGATIVE photos - not somewhere you'd want to visit

  - lots of concentrated deprivation

  - poor infrastructure, abandoned

  - uneducated

  - unsafe / dangerous / violent

  - disrespected
• European Capital of Culture - Liverpool 2008

  - renewed emphasis on city's contemporary culture and creative assets

  - presented richer picture of Liverpool as contemporary, multifaceted city with vibrant cultural life

  - city now being seen in a much more positive way
• Liverpool - architecture


  represents affluent past
• Liverpool - musical associations

  musicians making played role in representing the city, eg. Beatles and Penny Lane
• Liverpool - changing images

  Toxteth riots 1981 dominated news

  represented as dangerous and volatile

  city was a no go with high levels of deprivation