THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS INSTUDYING RURAL AND URBAN WORLDS IN PERU

Recent anthropological theories deal with conceptualizations of cultur e and space. This article discusses these issues in relation to materi al from two different periods of fieldwork among villagers and migrant s from a community in the Peruvian Andes. It demonstrates that their l ives can only be understood when all ties of interdependence between t he two groups are included in the analysis. It concludes that in a det erritorialized culture, territory plays a crucial role in people's ide ntity, and living a double life does not imply having a double identit y.