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    Doreen Massey discusses how globalization and increased mobility have impacted the relationship between time, space, and people's sense of place. She argues that a place maintains its identity when connected to other places, as connections can multiply a place's identity rather than destroy it. However, the document provides a counter example where the demolition of historic buildings in Kuala Lumpur to make way for modern development threatens to erase the local culture and identity. While the world is changing rapidly, places must find a balance between openness and protecting authenticity to move forward without losing their sense of identity.

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    BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN ARCHITECTURE

    THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM


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    SYNOPSIS: REACTION PAPER (AUGUST 2018)
    Name: TAN YANG ID No.: 0328025
    Lecturer: MR PRINCE Tutorial Time:
    Reader/Text Title: GLOBAL SENSE OF PLACE Synopsis No:1A
    Author: DOREEN MASSEY
    As a geographer and social scientist, Doreen Massey’s ‘Global Sense of Place’ are discussing the
    interrelationship among time-space compression, social relations and sense of place. In this article, the reader
    may find there are questions asked by the author. How can we rethink our views of place so that they are
    progressive and outward looking? Does openness destroy identity?

    First, the author described how time space compression affect the world, how globalization makes the world
    speeding up, spreading out and become much more connected in various manner. For example, internet allows
    people nowadays communicate through social media or communication tools despite the limits of location and
    time, Plane allows us travel to anywhere in one day. Second, she explains the social aspect in terms of power
    relationship, which is her concerns on politics of mobility, people with higher power able to weaken the mobility
    of others. The juxtaposition of education and social mobility is based on the proposition that education plays an
    important role in mobility. For example, students from high income background have more power to access a
    better education whereas the weak background student must rely on the scholarships or sponsor which is
    always with T&C applied. (2) After that, the author starts moving into the central point, an argument whether
    places should either be more open or defensive. She argues that a identity of a place could be multiplied when it
    is connected with others. At another side, the place itself can remain its own originality while separate from the
    connections.
    Overall, the author did manage to explain her ideas in a clear and convincing manner, each point is critically
    discussed in the texts, but there is also an example that doesn’t support the author’s idea of being openness. In
    Jln Panggung located in Kuala Lumpur, there are existing shophouses with unique architectural features with a
    living local community. Unfortunately, the land will be soon acquired for “modern development” and the old
    buildings will be demolished, which is an significant impact to the culture and society, the action might potentially
    eradicate the history and identity of the society, it shows the necessity of being openness are not always good, it
    still in a contradicting state whereas being defensive ensure the authenticity in that place. Although is a fast-
    changing world, how can we move forward without the loss of identity?

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