Historical notes on psychology in Brazil: the creation, growth and sustenance of postgraduate education/Notas Historicas sobre a Psicologia no Brasil: criacao, crescimento e consolidacao da pos-graduacao

This article presents a brief overview of the history of psychology in Brazil. It highlights how the Brazilian Association of Research and Postgraduate Studies in Psychology (ANPEPP--Associagao Nacional de Pesquisa e Pos-graduagao em Psicologia) has fulfilled its mission of fostering discussion on scientific policy and stimulating interchange among researchers. First, it provides a retrospect of ANPEPP meetings, considering both: 1) the thematic working groups, which have served to bring together researchers, and to inspire the emergence of thematic associations and journals; 2) the discussion forums, which have contributed in the critical review of scientific policy, and the mission of postgraduate studies. Second, it focuses on the history of psychology in Brazil, from colonial times to the recent national commitment to postgraduate studies. The paper argues that the plans and strategies led by national funding agencies have been successful and that their results are evidenced by the role played by Brazil in the international arena, both in scientific production and the training of its researchers. By sustaining current policies, it seems certain that, even with the oscillations in the national economy, postgraduate education will grow steadily in its advance of the psychological sciences; and will be working towards a better quality of life, social justice and ecological sustainability. Keywords: ANPEPP, CAPES, CNPq, history of psychology, postgraduate studies, Brazil. O artigo apresenta breve resenha da historia da psicologia no Brasil para ressaltar como a ANPEPP --Associagao Nacional de Pesquisa e Pos-graduagao em Psicologia tem respondido a missao de fomentar o debate em pohticas cientificas e estimular o intercambio entre pesquisadores. O artigo traz um retrospecto das reunioes da ANPEPP, destacando ambos: 1) os grupos de trabalho tematicos, os quais tem servido para agregar pesquisadores e inspirar o surgimento de associates tematicas e revistas; 2) os foruns de discussao, os quais tem contribuldo para a revisao crltica de pollticas cientificas e da missao da pos-graduajao. A seguir, a atenjao se volta a historia da psicologia no Brasil, dos tempos coloniais aos recentes planos nacionais para a pos-graduajao. A ideia e ressaltar a inserjao da pos-graduajao na cultura universitaria brasileira. Argumenta que os planos e estrategias oriundas das agencias de fomento tem obtido bons resultados, evidenciados pelo papel que o Brasil ocupa no cenario inte