Identity in time and place ... a common idea about "identity" is that it depends on roots: on where you"ve come from. And where you"ve come from inevitably involves talking about the history of where you"ve come from - so "place" involves the past. This text raises a nummber of issues about all of this...Cultures are to people as maps are to places: they help us locate ourselves.We can see "culture" as a matter of quaint...