Debarbieux, Bernard <br/><br/>
Identity and Imaginary Constructs of Territoriality: Variations around the Figure of the “Mountaineer” 

 -  2008.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> The historical variations in the definition of the notion of culture, along with the ones of the so-called cultural geography are well known ; it led to the disapproval of naturalistic and ecological perspectives, and to a greater consideration of intersubjectivity and of political and social processes in the construction of identity. But this renewal of academic paradigms should not blind us to the fact that many of them sprung from contemporary societies as imaginary figures, enabling social and geographical forms to take place. In looking trough identity and territorial tensions in mountain regions in the world, this papers aims at showing the presence and role of those imaginary figures in contemporary societies. To do so, it proposes to see scientific paradigms as imaginary and real (resulting from practices) of a 'territoriality', that can at time compete, otherwise reinforce each other, following the context in which they are at play.