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Define sense of place.
The **meaning, identity and emotional attachment** people feel towards a particular place — built from its landscape, history, language and customs.
Define cultural homogenisation.
The way global flows make places **look and feel more alike**, as the same brands, media and tastes spread worldwide.
Define glocalization.
**Global products and ideas adapted to fit local tastes**, so the global and the local blend rather than one simply replacing the other.
Define civil society.
The web of **non-government groups** (NGOs, unions, faith and community groups, pressure groups) through which people act together outside the state and the market.
What is cultural sovereignty?
A place's claim to **control and protect its own culture, language and heritage** against outside pressures.
Name four factors that decide resistance vs acceptance.
**Strength of identity**, **civil society and social media**, **government policy**, and **economic need** — and they interact.
Give three ways places resist global cultural change.
**Minority-language revivals** (e.g. Welsh), **Slow Food / local-sourcing movements**, and **indigenous land and cultural rights** or **controlled tourism**.
Give two ways places accept global cultural change.
**Embracing global brands and tourism** for jobs, and **adopting a global culture** (fashion, music, English) — often blended as glocalization.
Why do civil society and social media cut both ways?
They **amplify resistance** (boycotts, heritage campaigns) but also **spread global culture** and build support for migration, tourism and TNC investment.
How can economic need override identity?
A place that **depends on tourism, exports or investment for jobs** will accept change even where identity is strong — producing **selective** resistance.
Name two methods civil society uses to change perceptions.
**Boycotts and protest** (naming and shaming TNCs) and **social-media campaigns**, plus **advocacy and lobbying** of governments.
What judgement do examiners reward on the power of place to resist?
That places resist global cultural change **only partially, selectively and unevenly** — defending language and heritage while accepting brands and tourism, with strong-identity, sovereign places resisting most.
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