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- 1. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN ARCHITECTURE THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM (ARC61303) 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? Word Count: 393 Mark Grade Assessed by: Date Page No.