Strand Street in Douglas is the biggest social street on the Isle of Man. Even though this street can seem insignificant in comparison to City Road in Cardiff and is very different‚ they both have very similar features from a social science point of view. Strand Street is long‚ with a diverse range of shops‚ cafes and bars‚ and services such as a post office‚ banks‚ opticians and others. Strand Street is pedestrianised‚ but it is situated only one street up from the main promenade traffic‚ and
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Who are the winners and who are the losers in the globalisation process? Globalisation is a process that is going on around us no matter which part of the world you may reside‚ in one way or another you will be experiencing globalisation in one of its many forms. This practise brings with it ones who may benefit from the methods and in turn if one side is benefitting the other will be losing out. I will go on to identify who these players are and what positions they hold in globalisation. We have
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seven miles from its popular neighbour Blackpool. Once a thriving fishing port it has suffered a decline in the last thirty years. Lord Street has many similarities with City Road viewed in (Making social lives 2009) but it also has many differences and common inequalities as described below. What you first notice about City Road (‘Making social lives’ 2009 scene 1) are the number of takeaway / food outlets situated there. When we follow local poet Lloyd Robson he describes how the ‘student population’
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The aim of this essay is to explore who the winners and losers are in a consumer society by looking at how status is affected by choices as a consequence of economic position. The essay also examines how major stakeholders‚ such as supermarkets and suppliers‚ impact that judgement and the global environmental consequences. Veblen’s concept of conspicuous consumption (Veblen‚ 1899) began to outline how the leisure classes demonstrated status through possessions. However‚ with increasing affluence
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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
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health status‚ and treatment by the criminal justice system. On City Roads there are many examples of inequalities. For example‚ there are different types of shops seen in the City Road‚ that is attracted and used for different clientele. Janet Symmons sells african products to her chosen customers. Because‚ she brings various products from Africa to sell in her shop‚ she contributes to making social lives in Africa as well as on City Road. The inequality in this particular example‚ is the race and or
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TMA 01 City Road in Cardiff is home to a wide variety of shops‚ restaurants‚ and takeaways. But if you were to look beyond what is in plain sight you will see buildings‚ cars and many more material things that have a large influence on our social lives. During the course of this assignment there will be many examples of how these material things favour the activities of some groups of people over others. One example of a building that shows this is the MacIntosh Centre. Although it is located
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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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While studying module 1 and viewing the content on City Road it is easy to see it is centred on being in the heart of the community and provides an almost “one stop shop” for all cultures‚ ages and diversity within the community‚ this can be seen in many town and cities with the streets themselves being created and changed by the very people themselves. To confirm this further I can make comparisons of my own with a street near to where I live‚ this is Ascot High Street in Berkshire. I have chosen
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Drawing on what you have learned about City Road‚ describe how material things help to create winners and losers on a street that you know. For the purposes of this essay‚ I will be discussing the High Street in Claydon. Claydon is a small‚ historical‚ country town with a diverse centre. Along with a row of shops catering to specific and general needs‚ there are a large number of public houses‚ restaurants‚ takeaways‚ coffee shops and historical points of interests. Due to Claydon being a historical
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