Ordinary places extraordinary events : citizenship democracy and public space in Latin America Prologue : ordinary places extraordinary events in Latin America Clara Irazábal Citizenship democracy and public space in Latin America Clara Irazábal Cities democracies and powers Political appropriation of public space : extraordinary events in the Zócalo of Mexico City Sergio Tamayo and Xóchitl Cruz Guzmán Reinventing the void : São Paulos Museum of Art and public life along Avenida Paulista Zeuler R. Lima and Vera M. Pallamin A memorable public space : the plaza of the Central Station in Santiago de Chile Rodrigo Vidal Rojas and Hans Fox Timmling Limas historic centre : old places shaping new social arrangements Miriam Chion and Wiley Ludeña Urquizo The Plaza de Boløvar of Bogotá : uniqueness of place multiplicity of events Alberto Saldarriaga Roa Place citizenship and nationhood Space revolution and resistance : ordinary places and extraordinary events in Caracas Clara Irazábal and John Foley The struggle for urban territories : human rights activists in Buenos Aires Susana Kaiser Iconic voids and social identity in a polycentric city : Havana from the nineteenth to the twentieth century Roberto Segre Unresolved public expressions of anti Trujilloism in Santo Domingo Robert Alexander González Index