Abstract

This text aims to build a first methodological framework for the study of the relationship between space and popular/traditional music in Latin American cities. The main argument holds that locality in Latin America can be constructed by means of music through the development of the rootedness and sense of place, but through elective belonging that create place in a given time and space (place- making). The text is divided into four parts: the first explains the concepts of place, rooting and sense of place; the second introduces the idea of stability and instability in the appropriation of space; the third proposes the concepts of festivalization and musical scene as unifying aspects of the debate; and the conclusions summarize the text and provide elements to build a theoretical and methodological proposal that facilitates the analysis of the relationship between music and space in this big region.