Representing Places
Examine how places are portrayed through various media like maps, census data, art, and film. Understand how these representations can be subjective and influence perceptions.
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Examine how places are portrayed through various media like maps, census data, art, and film. Understand how these representations can be subjective and influence perceptions.
Key Questions
- Compare the representation of a single place across two different forms of media, such as a census report and a poem.
- Explain how statistical representations can both reveal and conceal the true character of a place.
- Analyse how informal representations of place, like those in social media, can create stereotypes.
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