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Meaning and representation
Online Lesson | 24 Nov 2026 | Start: 16:00 | DURATION: 1 HOUR Specification content
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 peoples lived experience of place in the past and at present:
- How external agencies, including government, corporate bodies and community or local groups make attempts to influence or create specific place-meanings and thereby shape the actions and behaviours of individuals, groups, businesses and institutions.
- How places may be represented in a variety of different forms such as advertising copy, tourist agency material, local art exhibitions in diverse media (eg film, photography, art, story, song etc) that often give contrasting images to that presented formally or statistically such as cartography and census data.
Learning outcomes
This lesson will help students to understand:
- The definitions of meaning, representation and perception of place and how these can relate to each other.
- How media can sometimes skew peoples perception of a place which may be far detached from the lived reality.
- What agents of change are and how they manage to change peoples perception of place.
Suggested timing
1 hour
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Online Lesson | 24 Nov 2026 | Start: 16:00 | DURATION: 1 HOUR Specification content
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 peoples lived experience of place in the past and at present:
- How external agencies, including government, corporate bodies and community or local groups make attempts to influence or create specific place-meanings and thereby shape the actions and behaviours of individuals, groups, businesses and institutions.
- How places may be represented in a variety of different forms such as advertising copy, tourist agency material, local art exhibitions in diverse media (eg film, photography, art, story, song etc) that often give contrasting images to that presented formally or statistically such as cartography and census data.
Learning outcomes
This lesson will help students to understand:
- The definitions of meaning, representation and perception of place and how these can relate to each other.
- How media can sometimes skew peoples perception of a place which may be far detached from the lived reality.
- What agents of change are and how they manage to change peoples perception of place.
Suggested timing
1 hour
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