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Categories of place
Online Lesson | 11 Nov 2026 | Start: 18:00 | DURATION: 1 HOUR Specification content
3.2.2.1 The nature and importance of places
Categories of place:
- near places and far places
- experienced places and media places.
3.2.2.2.2 Meaning and representation
The importance of the meanings and representations attached to places by people with a particular focus on people's lived experience of place in the past and at present.
Learning outcomes
This lesson will help students to understand:
- What place signifiers are and how we attach meaning to places.
- What the terms near places, far places, experienced places and media places mean.
- How media places can contrast from the lived reality of a place.
Suggested timing
1 hour
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Course Module: Changing places (Autumn 2) | Lesson Categories of place:
Online Lesson | 11 Nov 2026 | Start: 18:00 | DURATION: 1 HOUR Specification content
3.2.2.1 The nature and importance of places
Categories of place:
- near places and far places
- experienced places and media places.
3.2.2.2.2 Meaning and representation
The importance of the meanings and representations attached to places by people with a particular focus on people's lived experience of place in the past and at present.
Learning outcomes
This lesson will help students to understand:
- What place signifiers are and how we attach meaning to places.
- What the terms near places, far places, experienced places and media places mean.
- How media places can contrast from the lived reality of a place.
Suggested timing
1 hour
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