ABSTRACT
Urban studies on cities in Latin America have grown since the 1970s, including publication of books on the formation of cities, the relationship between intellectuals and cities, national and inter-american conferences, pan-american congresses, building of social housing and theories about the city. In a bid to broaden the perspective regarding the contexts of the texts presented in this book, the meanings of some concepts underpinning debates and proposes in urban history of Latin American were explored. Many of the key words used revealed that, besides being linked to the themes, titles and content of the texts, terms were present that referred to much broader concepts, often not tied to a given theme, case study, spatial or temporal sample, or the themes connected with the event. The map resulted in a constellation of topics regarded as priority for defining new avenues of discussion for subsequent events and also for discussion by the urbanism research groups involved.
