If a geographical space is taken as the basis for organizing the acquisition of knowledge, what scientific angle should be taken? Theories and methods seem to belong to particular disciplines that consider one or more thematic fields as their main areas of focus. Place as a marker of differentiation plays only a minor role, and is often relegated to the exotic, yet utterly annoying, category of “culture". Up to the present day, the issue of organize the region as an entity superseding that of a subject matter viewed from a particular angle is a philosophical question that has not been answered satisfactorily.