CONCLUSION

Decorated Farmhouses of Halsingland

In this chapter, we have just scratched the surface of the complex nature of the geographies of cultural difference. Using just a few of the multiple categories of cultures and subcultures, we learned that there are many ways of perceiving and being in the landscape. We have also seen how important geography is in the construction of national and cultural identities and vice versa. Religion, often a defining element of cultural difference and cultural identity, is also vitally important. Chapter 7 is devoted to this major cultural trait.