The opposition between "inside" and "outside" that for a long time guided our image of space now faces renewed territorial challenges. While one branch of contemporary thought regarding space highlights the importance of alternative perspectives such as "heterotopias", "in-between place", "bordering space", "non-place", "virtual space", another branch points to the disappearance of the exteriority. This paper aims to discuss the relation between place and identity focusing on the historical figure of Orundellico, better known as Jemmy Button, a yamana Indian that was taken to England in 1830 and returned to Tierra del Fuego three years later. At the end, I select examples of contemporary intellectuals that belong to two different cultures in order to examine the idea of "double consciousness".
place; identity; Jemmy Button; Tierra del Fuego; England