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Adopting a materialist approach, this chapter argues that the
explanation for any ideology or cultural practice must be sought in
specific historical and geographical circumstances.

"link between material and symbolic"

Emerging from its antiquarian phase, cultural geography has begun to
assume a more central position in the current rethinking of human
geography.

The current transformation of cultural geography is taking place as a
result of its dialogue with social geography and cultural theory. Until
recently, its range was limited to the interpretation of historical, rural,
and relict landscapes, and to a static mapping of the distribution of
culture traits, from barns and cabins to field systems and graveyards.