James Wertsch

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James Wertsch is an American sociocultural psychologist and anthropologist known for his work on mediated action, collective memory, and the cultural-historical tradition in the study of mind and communication.

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instanceOf American academic
anthropologist
person
sociocultural psychologist
approach cultural-historical tradition
mediated action framework
sociocultural theory
citizenship United States of America
fieldOfWork cognitive science
collective memory studies
communication studies
cultural anthropology
cultural-historical psychology
sociocultural psychology
hasAcademicRole professor
researcher
hasGender male
influencedBy Alexander Luria NERFINISHED
Lev Vygotsky NERFINISHED
Mikhail Bakhtin NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableFor research on collective memory
theory of mediated action
work in the cultural-historical tradition of Vygotsky
occupation author
lecturer
university professor
researchInterest collective memory
communication and culture
cultural tools in human action
discourse and mind
mediated action
national narratives
sociocultural approaches to cognition

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Lev Vygotsky influenced James Wertsch