Discourse as a carrier of history: wine tourism in the Negev and its evolution

The literature on spatial evolution has taken a high interest in structure-agency dynamics, but how long-term discourse interacts with these dynamics shaping new paths still lacks systematic understanding. To advance such an understanding, this article draws the agency, structure, institutions and (ASID) framework refocuses it evolution. By doing so, aims at elucidating discursive aspects of evolutionary processes highlights particular role abstract macro-level discourses concrete imaginaries as foundations In way, acts carrier historical roots associations. considering rootedness paths, contributes to giving history stronger economic geography. We apply analytical wine tourism Israel’s Negev focus particularly historically rooted that underpin development path.