Resumen

GUERREROS BURGOA, Johnny Tito. URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY. AN HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL REVIEW. Textos Antropológicos [online]. 2005, vol.15, n.1, pp. 137-144. ISSN 1025-3181.

In this work, the authorpresents a review ofthe roadsfollowedby thefield ofUrbanAnthropology with thepurpose ofestablishingsome basic approaches thatcan orientate those who wantto navigate inside the urban investigation. The work - based on a series ofsummaries and classifications of information, in the frame work of the Urban Investigation- makes a historical recount of the origins and evolution ofthe urban investigation inside the Anthropological studies and it develops aspects like the theoretical perspectives, the investigated topics, and the disciplines involved