ABSTRACT
Despite the lack of official historical records and the limits of local collective memory that make it difficult to establish with accuracy its precise origin, this chapter narrates the history of La Granja, from the early part of the 20th century to the present day, and identifies six major local spatial configurations. The chapter argues that global trends in mining development form part of a larger series of social and spatial transformations for La Granja; and they significantly contribute to the destruction or transformation of what is being called a sense of place. In this context, new, complex and often contradictory senses of place—crossed by age, gender, wealth, family as well as individual experiences—are being elaborated.
