CONCEPTUAL BASIS TO UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TERRITORY IN THE CONFORMATION OF IDENTITY: THE CASE OF SAN RAFAEL DE ESCAZÚ

Abstract

This article presents the importance of territory as a key component in the configuration of the identity of its inhabitants. It presents guidelines that allows appreciate the territory as the physical environment where social relations are re-produced, but above all, it lets to understand how is recognized by its occupants and outsiders as an extension of identity of group that lives there, by reference the district of San Rafael de Escazú.