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This work shows the evolution of a line of thought that has had in technique an essential methodological thread to approach the reality of our time. It highlights the fact that every society has a way of using its territory and its time. The understanding of this used territory is related to the actions that define the precise functions of the objects that human beings have historically constructed and that are a constituent part of this territory. Geographical objects would not only have a technical content, but also a temporal one: each one would have its own times that take on meaning within the context of the present. The existence of geographical objects is associated with their location. This is what materialises the intentionality of the action or actions that define their function; they will always respond to the needs of the present. The territory used, by expressing the space of the past, conditions the space of the present and this, in turn, participates in the possibilities that will give existence to the space to come. Reflecting on the history of the present is therefore fundamental for Geography.
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Professor, Institut für Geographie und Erhaltung der natürlichen Ressourcen (IGCRN), Fakultät für Forst- und Umweltwissenschaften, Universidad de Los Andes. Mérida-Venezuela. FORSCHUNGSBEREICHE: Globalisierung und Territorium; Geographische Theorie; Politische Geographie und Geopolitik; Umwelt und Entwicklung. Verantwortlicher Redakteur der Revista Geográfica .
