Politics of Occupation-Centred Practice

Politics of Occupation-Centred Practice......Page 1
Politics of Occupation-Centred Practice......Page 2
Contents......Page 4
List of Contributors......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
1. Introduction......Page 11
The Meaning of Occupation......Page 12
The Term ‘Occupation’......Page 15
So, What Is Occupation?......Page 19
Occupational Being......Page 21
Cultural Change and Acceptable Occupations......Page 22
Occupational Effect......Page 25
Being with the Others......Page 28
References......Page 29
Language, Cultural Meanings and Nosologies......Page 35
Language, Occupation and Professional Status......Page 36
References......Page 47
3. Occupational Literacy......Page 52
Being Trialogical......Page 53
Making Sense of the World......Page 56
Occupational Literacy as a Skill......Page 58
References......Page 60
4. A Grammar for a Language of Occupation......Page 61
Comprehension......Page 62
Language Structures and Occupation......Page 63
Recognizing Occupation......Page 66
‘Doingness’......Page 67
Morphemes......Page 68
Domains of Symbolic Logic......Page 69
References......Page 70
5. Towards a Transformational Grammar of Occupation......Page 71
Human Scale Development Theory......Page 72
Language and Occupation......Page 73
Territories of Words......Page 75
Conviviality......Page 78
My Baby Took the Train . . .......Page 79
References......Page 80
Occupational Therapy Stories......Page 82
Heteroglossia......Page 87
References......Page 89
7. Narratives and Truths......Page 91
Features of Narratives......Page 92
Narrative and Illness......Page 94
Whose Narrative and Whose Language?......Page 97
References......Page 98
Introduction......Page 102
Introduction to Melissa......Page 103
Ta xorafia the fields......Page 104
Oi plateies the squares......Page 105
Magazia kai ipiresies shops, businesses and public services......Page 106
Independence and interdependence......Page 107
Temporal rhythms......Page 109
Discussion......Page 111
References......Page 113
9. Indigenous Ainu Occupational Identities and the Natural Environment in Hokkaido......Page 116
Ainu worldview......Page 119
Traditional Ainu occupations and the occupational cycle......Page 121
Traditional occupations and worldview......Page 126
Ainu history and occupational changes from the early modern period......Page 127
The invasion of Japanese society and occupational injustice......Page 131
Ainu today......Page 132
Conclusions......Page 133
References......Page 135
10. People with Disabilities and Participation: Experiences and Challenges of an Occupational Therapy Practice in the City of S~ao Paulo, Brazil......Page 138
Participation, daily life and community intervention: concepts,perspectives and challenges......Page 139
People with disabilities, poverty and lack of access to human rights......Page 141
Identifying the Rupture of Social Support Networks andthe Social Isolation of People with Disabilities in Poor Areasof S~ao Paulo: An Experience of Active Search......Page 144
Knowing the disability as a collective problem: territorial approach......Page 145
Knowing personal trajectories: life stories......Page 146
Individual care......Page 148
Group activities......Page 150
Conclusion......Page 152
References......Page 153
11. Communities of Writing......Page 156
Communities, Writing and Publishing......Page 158
Community Publishing, Occupational Narratives and Occupational Science......Page 162
Writing and Consciousness......Page 163
Can Do: Affirmation and Participation......Page 164
References......Page 167
Teaching Sexuality and Disability......Page 172
Theorizing Sexuality and Disability......Page 174
Research on Policy Context: The First Step in a More Progressive Practice......Page 175
Sexuality and Disability in Non-Western Societies......Page 177
Inclusion of Disabled People as Co-participantsin Research, Writing, and Policy-Making......Page 178
Hope and Jacob......Page 179
Hope......Page 181
Final Thoughts......Page 182
Appendix......Page 184
References......Page 187
Introduction......Page 190
The Social Status of Modelling......Page 191
Model Making Defined......Page 192
The Value of Modelling to Modellers......Page 193
Critiques of Modelling......Page 197
The History, Scale and Nature of the Modelling Market......Page 199
Conclusion: Models, Competences, Identities, and Representing Human Occupation......Page 202
References......Page 203
Introduction......Page 207
Participation and Citizenship......Page 210
Experiences in Time and of Effort......Page 213
Anger, Advocacy, Responsibility, and Disability Justice......Page 219
Time and Thought......Page 220
Conclusion......Page 222
References......Page 224
15. A Society Founded on Occupation......Page 227
Occupation and Codependency......Page 229
The Ownership of Occupation......Page 231
Occupational Justice......Page 234
Determining Needs......Page 235
Choice and Contradiction......Page 238
The Professionalization of Doing......Page 240
Occupational Literacy and Occupational Justice......Page 242
References......Page 243
Index......Page 247