Screen LibraryTransactional perspectives on occupation /
An occupation is, most simply put, any activity we participate in that engages (occupies) our attention, interests, and/or expectations, at any point throughout the life course. This book offers an emerging and innovative perspective on occupation, based in the work of American philosopher John Dewe...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Dordrecht ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4429-5 |
| Summary: |
An occupation is, most simply put, any activity we participate in that engages (occupies) our attention, interests, and/or expectations, at any point throughout the life course. This book offers an emerging and innovative perspective on occupation, based in the work of American philosopher John Dewey and other pragmatists, that challenges accepted ideas. Each chapter presents a lively and multifaceted dialogue on transactional perspectives on occupation. Scholars from Europe, North America, and Australasia have written a diverse set of arguments and case studies about occupation, covering theoretical, methodological and applied issues relevant to the topic. In addition, contributors make connections with significant authors from various disciplines that make clearer the roles of occupation and occupational science across many cultures and contexts. The transactional perspectives articulated in this book both implicitly and explicitly suggest that occupations are forms of activity that create and re-create a multitude of our relationships with the world. Often taken for granted by some academic disciplines, occupation is a core element of human life. This book is a provocative and critical analysis of the focal concept for occupational therapy and science. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789400744295 (electronic bk.) 9400744293 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | RM735 |
| CLC: |
R459.9 R492 |
| Contents: |
Transactional Perspectives on Occupation: An Introduction and Rationale / THEORETICAL EXTENSIONS -- Dewey's Concepts of Embodiment, Growth, and Occupation: Extended Bases for a Transactional Perspective / Being Occupied in the Everyday / Resituating the Meaning of Occupation: A Transactional Perspective / Conceptual Insights for Expanding Thinking Regarding the Situated Nature of Occupation / Exploring the Transactional Quality of Everyday Occupations Through Narrative-in-Action: Meaning-Making Among Women Living with Chronic Conditions / CASE STUDIES -- Navigating Cultural Spaces: A Transactional Perspective on Immigration / The Situated Nature of Disability / Place Integration: A Conceptual Tool to Understand the Home Modification Process / A Transactional View of Shedding at the Berry Men's Shed / A Transactional Perspective on a Consulting Practice / METHODOGOCIAL IMPLICATIONS -- Where the Transactions Happen: The Unit of Analysis When Applying a Transactional Perspective / Ethnography and the Transactional Study of Occupation / Critical Discourse Analysis: Adding a Political Dimension to Inquiry / Mixed Methods and Pragmatism for Research on Occupation / APPLICATIONS -- Deweyan Educational Philosophy in Occupation-Centered Curricula / Educational Implications of Taking a Transactional Perspective of Occupation in Practice / Twenty-First Century Pragmatism and Social Justice: Problematic Situations and Occupational Reconstructions in Post-Civil War Guatemala / Occupational Justice's Intents and Impacts: From Personal Choices to Community Consequences / Transactional Perspectives on Occupation: Main Points of Contribution in This Volume / |