Reflexiones identitarias en el territorio contemporáneo. La construcción colectiva de lugar. Caso de estudio de la Vega de Granada

Abstract

The aim of this article is to take part in the current debate about the different ideas which lead us to the maintenance and development of a territory with its own identity. To reach that goal, and considering the different meanings established by the concepts space, territory and landscape, and their inseparable relationship with the culture and identity, on its first part, the article shows a theoretical proposal of interpretation about the identity processes linked with the territory as a social construction. Later, some of the main results about empirical research performed on the «Vega de Granada» are presented. It has been investigated there the influence about certain socioeconomic and cultural changes on the identification with the territory. It concludes emphasizing the significance of this kind of approaches for the success of the distribution and territory development plans, suggesting not just the analysis of the physical or sectorial dimensions of the territory, but also its meaning as a place.