Sentence:  I hope it is clear by now  that such networks of names signify not only the tracing of a mental map, but also the evocation of a sort of chorographic practice which results in the accumulation of immigrant capital or, as I mentioned above, place wisdom (<WSD>toposophy</WSD>). 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A branch of ethnology that emphasizes the relationship between people and the place in which they live or from which they come.