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Geography and identity are deeply intertwined. Place shapes who we are through:Landscape & memory: mountains, rivers, or urban streets become part of personal and collective narratives
Culture & language: regional dialects, food, festivals, and customs create distinct group identities
History & belonging: historical events tied to specific territories foster pride, trauma, or contested claims
Borders & exclusion: national, ethnic or local boundaries define “us” versus “them”
From indigenous connections to ancestral land, to modern national identities rooted in territory, to diaspora longing for “home”, geography is never just background—it actively constructs, sustains, and sometimes fractures human identity.https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctt1n7zkgj
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14608944.2018.1428795
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/22/geography-identity-politics-borders-nation-state
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