Key terms

• What is the definition of place?

  a location with meaning
• What is sense of place?

  Emotional meanings a person has to a place - it is subjective
• What is an example of having a connection to a country?

  England - football
• Examples of Local connection to a place?

  you live in cobham therefore it makes up your identity
• definition of an insider


  familiar to the place. Share cultural values
• Definition of an outsider

  feels unwelcome, don't have a sense of belonging, do not share cultural values
• Can insiders become outsiders and vice versa?

  yes
• What are personal factors effecting feelings of insiders and outsiders?

  age, gender
• What are external factors changing perspective of place?

  gentrification
• What is an example in cobham where people may feel like an outsider?

  Chelsea football ground bringing in new wealth
• What is an example in Stratford where people may feel like an outsider?

  influx of wealth from olympics and gentrification
• What are near places?

  Geographically near to where a person lives
• What are far places?

  located physically far from us
• What are media places?

  places that people have not been to but have created a sense of place for through their depiction in media
• What are experienced places?


  Places that a person has spent time in
• How does globalisation effect categories of place?

  rise of technology means people can experience far places easily. Cheaper travel costs and faster - shrinking world effect
• What are examples of exogenous factors?


  People, money, resources and ideas
• What are examples of endogenous factors?

  location, topography, physical geography, land use, built environment and infrastructure, demographic and economic characteristics
• Definition of topography


  Shape of the landscape - mountains?
• Definition of Demography


  the study of statistics that show the change of age, sex, education, occupation, race. Who lives in a place
• What are cultural characteristics of a place?

  behaviours, traditions, language, beliefs, food and music. How people live their lives.
• Economic characteristics of a place

  income, employment - work and money
• What is social inequality


  differences in groups of people. Healthcare, education and access to services
• What are the 3 shifting flows in places?

  people, resources, money/investment
• What scales of external forces are there?

  Global, governmental, local
• Past connections in London:

  Thames = connected to trade and rest of world. Led to urbanisation - world city
• Globalisation of place theory

  it is argued this process has reduced the importance of place because it has eroded local cultures and produced homogenised places. Evidence such as global chains such as Starbucks
• Who did the global sense of place theory?

  Doreen Massey
• Placelessness/ clone towns


  High street dominated by chain stores which can be found anywhere. Takes away unique character of a place.
• place attachment


  the emotional bond between a person and a place.
• external agencies


  governmental, local groups or corporate bodies (TNCs)
• How do external agencies change place meaning?

  place marketing, reimaging, rebranding
• Place Representation


  Is how a place is 'portrayed' or 'seen' in society.
• Formal representation of place


  Involves using specific data to represent a place. e.g. Census or IMD data.
• Informal representations of place

  TV, Film, music, art, literature, blogs etc.

  E.g eastenders, London
• positives and negatives of formal representation?


  less subjective (objective)
• positives and negatives of informal representation?

  more subjective however, give more accurate representation from someone with lived experience. Many TV products don't show the diversity in a place and create stereotypes.
• What is regelation


  the physical improvement to a place - investment from external force
• what is gentrification


  changing demographics- usually more wealthy. can be a consequence of regeneration- Stratford or changing perception of place.
• What are the impacts of gentrification?

  rising house prices may force people out however this can be a benefit as their house becomes higher value.