F.C. Bartlett, una antropología desde la psicología experimental

The intention of this study is to approach the lifework of Frederick C. Bartlett, one of the main British psychologists of the first half of the Twentieth Century. The study begins with a review of the intellectual approach of this author, emphasizing the strong influence that the atmosphere of Cambridge University and, especially, authors such as Henry Head, Charles S. Myers or William Halse Rivers had on it during the inter-war years. Bartlett begins working on anthropologic topics, using a psychological experimental methodology, where the study of the conventionalization of cultural material has a leading importance. This period will culminate in what it is perhaps the most well-known work of this author: Remembering (1932), considered to be the first systematic exhibition of his theoretical position. This volume is dedicated to the study of how the actions of the subjects, such as to perceive or to imagine, referred to events of the past, are remembered in successive occasions. In this respect, procedures of explanation taken like the neurology of movement (Henry Head's schemes) and the social anthropology (the conventionalization of Haddon and Rivers) will be crucial in this work. Finally, we will conclude this study with some reflections regarding Bartlett's theoretical positioning in relation to some of his contemporaries. From this perspective, one can insist on the eminently working profile of the author, highlighting his genetic and social perspective, as well as his constructive approach of the human subject made from a psychological action.