As demonstrated on City Road ( ’Making social lives on City Road ’‚ 2009)‚ many people use the same roads‚ visit the same shops and communicate with the same people‚ but this does not mean these people are the same. We all perceive people‚ places and objects differently and our perceptions of these define how we live our lives. Differences between the ways we live depend on our connections to people and places‚ and how we use these differences to our advantage. I am studying the Denton section
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Overview In my assignment TMA01 I will introduce some inequalities on City Road in Cardiff. First of all I want to start by explaining what inequalities actually means. Later on I will pick two examples from the Learning Companion 1 and the Making Social Lives DVD to give a deeper understanding of inequalities in our society. After that I will summarize the examples and give you my opinion to what I have learned so far in this course. “Inequality refers to the unequal distribution of valued social
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City Road is a busy street in Cardiff. It has a variety of businesses and residents‚ creating dynamics which change according to the time of day. Many of the businesses are shops‚ such as Xquisite Africa which caters to the ethnic residents who have felt in the past that their needs were not met. There are also restaurants and takeaways that thrive at night‚ the majority of customers being local students and young people living in the area. The Making Social Lives DVD shows local resident Lloyd Robson
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Drawing on what you have learned about City Road‚ outline some of the inequalities on a street that you know. The purpose of this assignment is to outline some of the inequalities on a street that I know‚ namely Balham High Road‚ in order to draw comparisons to that on City Road. Balham High Road forms part of the A24 which runs from Clapham to Tooting‚ south west London. It appears a typical high street serving a local population of 21‚000 and provides a variety of retail options‚ banks and numerous
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I will describe the inequalities I have witnessed on City Road‚ these will be religious‚ cultural‚ gender and financial. The Oxford English dictionary describes inequality as; “a difference in size‚ degree‚ or circumstances.” In the first scene we were taken to “Death Junction” an area where five roads converge. The colloquial name can be a reference to the junction in the modern sense and can equally be a historical reference‚ this area was where the city had its gallows and at a time of religious
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describe some inequalities on City Road. ‘Inequality’ refers to the unequal distribution of valued social resources within a society or between societies (Blakeley et al‚ 2009‚ Page. 24). Throughout this essay I will be drawing from what I have learned from the study materials to describe some of the inequalities on City Road in Cardiff. I will be looking at the younger community compared with the elderly‚ the contrast between the pedestrian and driver priorities‚ and finally the inequalities created
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Lives DVD and Learning Companion 1‚ describe some inequalities on City Road. Contemporary Britain over the last fifty years has come to welcome a wide and diverse community made up of nationalities‚ races and religions‚ none more so‚ as seen on City Road in Cardiff. This particular street is featured in the Making Social Lives DVD and Learning Companion 1 (LC1)‚ from which it is evident that there are noticeable differences and inequalities within the community. These being; monopolising of
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about City Road‚ describe some of the inequalities on a street you know. After learning about the inequalities of City Road in Cardiff (Making Social lives DVD) I have looked into the variations that are present on Wilmslow road in South Manchester. This street has a very diverse population with many different cultures‚ ethics and age ranges although these seem to change depending on the area and after looking into City road I can see that it also has many different inequalities. Wilmslow road is around
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DD101 Introducing the Social Sciences TMA 01 Assignment Social science is the study of human society and of the relationship of individual members within the society. Within the social sciences‚ the society is broken down into different variations of inequalities such as class‚ age‚ gender‚ sexuality‚ and ethnicity. Inequality is a disparity of not having the same lack of opportunities‚ status or treatment. In sociology and other social sciences‚ sociologist base their studies simply under the
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material things on City Road favour the activities of some groups of people over others. City Road in Cardiff is a street that stretches for nearly a mile and is one the busiest streets in Wales’ capital city. The streets origin began over 200 years ago as a country track and has grown to witness a diverse range of businesses develop alongside it. City Road offers the opportunity to observe how material things‚ such as the businesses serving the community‚ may present inequalities and differences between
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