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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discuss my knowledge of the term ‘Inequality’ and the examples and effects of this seen in the DVD “Making Social Lives: City Road”. The term inequality has many different meanings‚ however in the context we are looking at the term we know the definition to be; The difference people and societies and the division of income‚ rights and social acceptance. There are many examples of inequalities in the DVD “Making Social Lives; City Road” these are examples of Inequality in economics‚ social aspects and
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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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Inequalities on a Street I know- The term Inequalities can be used in various areas of society. In this essay I will be using the term in the context of Social inequalities .Referring to a situation in which societies members exhibit disparities in their social status. This can occur in areas such as: education‚ living standards‚ freedom of speech‚ property rights and housing. (http://uk.ask.com/question/what-is-social-inequality:) The street I will be using as the basis of this assignment
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