Although the question of the subject has not been raised extensively in geography, a focus on it can cast a new light on the individual. The notion of the subject refers to the highy debated issue of the conscience that the individual may have of his/her situation and of the degree of freedom or autonomy which he or she can have in order to make decisions and to behave in relation to existing physical and social determinations. This paper successively deals with a few major issues concerning the subject in geography, with the heuristics of place for approaching it, with its relationship to development, with the problem of enunciation, and with the challenge of writing it