Explain why an outsider perspective might give a different sense of place to an insider perspective.

A place can be defined in terms of a location, a locale, and a sense of place. Sense of place refers to the meanings we ascribe to a particular place. These meanings come from our own personal experience and interaction with the place, whether directly or indirectly. If someone is not from the place they will have a very different experience and perception of the place than someone who has grown up in that place (insider) all their lives. Alternatively, an outsider within a place may be someone who has lived in that given place all of their lives, but they feel socially excluded from that place (for example, an immigrant who has struggled to integrate with the local culture). Someone from outside the place may understand the place through the ways the place is represented in the media for example (e.g. Oxford - the idyllic image of the old colleges and punting), whereas someone who lives there would have a different experience of the place (e.g. Oxford - walking past a lot of homeless people, socially excluded groups and poverty).