FROM DAWN TO THE SUNSET OF BERKELEY: CONTEXT, DISAGREEMENTS AND NEW TRAJECTORIES OF CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY

Abstract

The article discusses the trajectory of the influent Berkeley school, led by Carl Sauer. This traditional school of thought, characterized by its cultural and landscape studies, had its assumptions questioned. The critics were based on paradigmatic ruptures developed between 1960-1980. The article aims to present the context of these ruptures and their consequences, concluding that the Sauerian tradition was unable to accommodate phenomenological and social concerns inside of the cultural approach. This fact was established as a primary force for understanding its decline.