A comparative genealogy on place : cultural geography and cultural studies

In this paper I briefly reflect on the different intellectual roots of cultural geography and cultural studies. Specifically my interest is in their different intellectual lineages to the study of place. Cultural geography’s engagement is both older and deeper. I am interested in the potential implications of this. What are the enduring legacies of the older paradigms of cultural geography? Do they drive our work in certain, and slightly disparate, ways (as regards cultural studies)? Are cultural geographers in a stronger position to recognise certain dangers when exploring the spatial, when talking about place? Do we better recognise the potentials? Or does it mean that we overlook obvious and interesting spatial issues too easily, while our colleagues in cultural studies have taken up those challenges?