People’s perceptions of places – a series of vignettes #3
Spatial exclusion
Another study from the 1980s, from South Australia, described the ways in which young people were discouraged and even evicted from shopping malls. The perception of the shoppers, shopkeepers and security guards was that young people were not welcome in this place (Valentine, Skelton & Chambers, 1998).
Another study from the 1980s, from South Australia, described the ways in which young people were discouraged and even evicted from shopping malls. The perception of the shoppers, shopkeepers and security guards was that young people were not welcome in this place (Valentine, Skelton & Chambers, 1998).
The role of the media
A study of young people’s perceptions of urban places taken from England, Finland, the Netherlands and the USA revealed that the media culture had a strong influence on people’s representations of place. These mediated images of the city tended to emphasise urban problems reflecting the negative undertone of the news media and the tendency for TV series and films to portray more dystopian aspects of city life. The young people’s perceptions were also greatly influenced by places of consumption and leisure (Beneker, Sanders, Tani & Taylor, 2010). Both ideas offer opportunities for inquiry and fieldwork.
A study of young people’s perceptions of urban places taken from England, Finland, the Netherlands and the USA revealed that the media culture had a strong influence on people’s representations of place. These mediated images of the city tended to emphasise urban problems reflecting the negative undertone of the news media and the tendency for TV series and films to portray more dystopian aspects of city life. The young people’s perceptions were also greatly influenced by places of consumption and leisure (Beneker, Sanders, Tani & Taylor, 2010). Both ideas offer opportunities for inquiry and fieldwork.
Contested places
A group of Australian geographers described Newcastle, NSW as “ a contested place where ‘male, blue-collar and Anglo-centric narratives’ are the hegemonic discourses of this place; and where Aboriginal, non-Anglo-Celtic, indigenous and women’s voices are silenced” (Hutchinson, 2012, 40). Another geographer explored the perceptions of residents from seven suburbs in the inner area of Newcastle concerning what makes a good neighbourhood for children. Public housing tenants lived among some of the most expensive housing in the city in one suburb but the neighbourhood was regarded as a ‘bad’ place to raise children, due to perceptions of the inappropriate behaviour of both adults and children (Mee, 2010, 198).
A group of Australian geographers described Newcastle, NSW as “ a contested place where ‘male, blue-collar and Anglo-centric narratives’ are the hegemonic discourses of this place; and where Aboriginal, non-Anglo-Celtic, indigenous and women’s voices are silenced” (Hutchinson, 2012, 40). Another geographer explored the perceptions of residents from seven suburbs in the inner area of Newcastle concerning what makes a good neighbourhood for children. Public housing tenants lived among some of the most expensive housing in the city in one suburb but the neighbourhood was regarded as a ‘bad’ place to raise children, due to perceptions of the inappropriate behaviour of both adults and children (Mee, 2010, 198).