Pub Date : 2023-10-31DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2023.2270221
Diego Eugênio Roquette Godoy Almeida
RESUMOA pesquisa participante é um processo de ação social dinâmico, que gera teorias a partir de ciclos de reflexão acerca da realidade histórica concreta dos participantes individuais e coletivos. Nas intervenções baseadas nas ocupações, percebe-se uma lacuna nos estudos que abordem em profundidade os problemas epistemológicos, ontológicos e linguísticos presentes nesse tipo de pesquisa, sobretudo no contexto pandêmico atual. Este artigo descreve as condições de elaboração paradigmática (ontológica, epistemológica) e metodológica da abordagem participante nomeada de Atividade de Tradução Cultural (ATC). A ATC surgiu de uma pesquisa participante envolvendo seis trabalhadoras da Assistência Social em um município brasileiro durante a pandemia, ao longo de quatro semanas. O método baseia-se no paradigma ameríndio da tradução, ou seja, reconhece a diferença entre culturas e se utiliza dela para produzir conhecimento pelo equívoco. Ao relatar ‘como fazer’ e ‘por que fazer’, os achados contribuem para a validação qualitativa da abordagem. Além disso, a abordagem sintoniza-se com os saberes do sul; fornece insights sobre a humildade cultural aplicada aos estudos da ocupação e oferece alternativas de ação e investigação compromissadas com a consciência crítica/ocupacional. Assim, este artigo traz contribuições inéditas para teorização e sistematização da pesquisa participante pela ótica ocupacional.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Ciência OcupacionalPesquisa participativaEpistemologias do sulCosmologia indígenaThis article is a translation of:Cultural translation activities: Ethical-methodological propositions to participatory research of occupations based on Amerindian perspectivism Declaração de TraduçãoEste artigo foi traduzido para o inglês por Maria Natalia Lugaro Izuibejeres, tradutora profissional brasileira, em consulta com o autor e a Dra. Lilian Magalhães, após análise, revisão e aceitação para publicação no Journal of Occupational Science. Acesse a versão em inglês via https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rocc20Declaração de Conflito de InteresseO autor declara não haver conflitos de interesse.Notes1 Patrícia Hill-Collins (Citation2002) apresenta inúmeras imagens estereotipadas de mulheres afro-americanas, entre os quais destacamos: mammy, mulas, matriarcas, beneficiárias de programas governamentais etc. Tais imagens têm sido essenciais à política de dominação econômica da dominação da mulher negra.2 A expressão mammies retrata mulheres negras como fiéis, obedientes e boas apenas nas tarefas domésticas, sempre dedicadas a cuidar de crianças brancas. A imagem mostra que a mulher cuida dos filhos. Sewell (Citation2013) mostra como a maternidade de mulheres negras e as mammies continuam a fazer parte da experiência cinematográfica afro-americana.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-31DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2023.2271484
Lilian Magalhães
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Pub Date : 2023-10-30DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2023.2271485
Jean S. Koketsu, Doris Pierce
ABSTRACTSleep is the most important restorative occupation in which humans engage and pre-sleep routines, which occur prior to it, have not been explored. The main question this project sought to answer was: “What are the pre-sleep routines of typical adult sleepers?” Sixteen adults identified as good sleepers based on scores from the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, between 23 and 60 years-old, drew pictures of their pre-sleep routines, followed by interviews about their depictions. Data analysis began after the first interview and continued through theoretical saturation, producing a descriptive theory of pre-sleep routines. During the pre-sleep period, participants performed an average of eight occupations in three to four spaces, using an average of five objects, and primarily in solitude. Routines had a clear beginning and end, and were both obligatory and optional. Occupations within the pre-sleep routine included body care, care for home, pets, or plants, engagement with technology, quiet leisure, and communicating with others. The intent of the pre-sleep routines was to ensure that sleep was not disturbed and to prepare for the next day. The construct of routines is important to the understanding of daily patterns of human occupation and is used as an intervention in occupational therapy, the primary profession applying the products of occupational science. This research describes usual routines before sleep, thus contributing to a fuller grasp of daily occupational patterns with potential for supporting sleep in adults with and without sleep issues. Drawings were found to be a useful method to collect information on routines.Le sommeil est l'activité réparatrice la plus importante à laquelle se livrent les êtres humains et les routines précédant le sommeil n'ont pas été étudiées. La principale question à laquelle ce projet a cherché à répondre était la suivante : quelles sont les routines de pré-sommeil des dormeur·euses adultes typiques ? Seize adultes, âgés de 23 à 60 ans, et considérés comme de bons dormeurs d'après les résultats de l'Indice de qualité du sommeil de Pittsburgh, ont dessiné leurs routines de pré-sommeil, puis ont été interviewés à ce sujet. L'analyse des données a commencé après le premier entretien et s'est poursuivie jusqu'à ce qu'il y ait une saturation théorique, produisant ainsi une théorie descriptive des routines de pré-sommeil. Pendant la période précédant le sommeil, les participant·es effectuent en moyenne huit activités dans trois ou quatre espaces, en utilisant en moyenne cinq objets et principalement seul·es. Les routines avaient un début et une fin bien définies et pouvaient être obligatoires ou facultatives. Les occupations de la routine de pré-sommeil comprenaient les soins corporels, l'entretien de la maison, les soins des animaux domestiques ou des plantes, l'utilisation de la technologie, les loisirs tranquilles et la communication. Les routines de pré-sommeil visaient à limiter les interférences sur
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Pub Date : 2023-10-29DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2023.2269929
Diego Eugênio Roquette Godoy Almeida
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Pub Date : 2023-09-19DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2023.2259034
{"title":"Special issue: Situated occupation in everyday life: Towards environmental, economic, social inclusiveness and sustainability","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/14427591.2023.2259034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2023.2259034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51542,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Science","volume":"175 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135016118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-11DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2023.2253802
Sandra Brooks, Sarah Reynolds
This study aimed to narrow the gap in understanding the health and well-being effects of becoming through occupation by exploring the concept of becoming through yoga practitioners’ perspectives. Four participants from the Southwest of England were recruited to engage in one-to-one semi-structured interviews concentrated on perspectives of transformation; that is, becoming, from their viewpoint as yoga practitioners. Qualitative interpretative phenomenological analysis brought about rich, in-depth accounts of the lived experiences of becoming, revealing the nature of becoming for a yogi, how yoga impacted their identity formation, and tensions between the Western definitions of becoming and yoga. The findings uncovered three themes: mapping self through time and yoga practice, transformed health and well-being through doing yoga, and strengthened connections through being a yogi. The findings support the significance of yoga as an occupation that elicits becoming through personal transformations despite the potential for adverse effects, such as insecurity and Western conformity pressures. Yogis’ depictions of becoming differed from the Western occupational paradigm of becoming, as highlighted by participants’ concentration on self-acceptance versus active self-promotion. For yoga practitioners, becoming involved receptivity and reinforced inner resilience. Further research is warranted on how the effects of becoming manifest across different meaningful occupations and diverse cultural backgrounds.
{"title":"The exploration of <i>becoming</i> as a yoga practitioner and its impact on identity formation, health, and well-being","authors":"Sandra Brooks, Sarah Reynolds","doi":"10.1080/14427591.2023.2253802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2023.2253802","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to narrow the gap in understanding the health and well-being effects of becoming through occupation by exploring the concept of becoming through yoga practitioners’ perspectives. Four participants from the Southwest of England were recruited to engage in one-to-one semi-structured interviews concentrated on perspectives of transformation; that is, becoming, from their viewpoint as yoga practitioners. Qualitative interpretative phenomenological analysis brought about rich, in-depth accounts of the lived experiences of becoming, revealing the nature of becoming for a yogi, how yoga impacted their identity formation, and tensions between the Western definitions of becoming and yoga. The findings uncovered three themes: mapping self through time and yoga practice, transformed health and well-being through doing yoga, and strengthened connections through being a yogi. The findings support the significance of yoga as an occupation that elicits becoming through personal transformations despite the potential for adverse effects, such as insecurity and Western conformity pressures. Yogis’ depictions of becoming differed from the Western occupational paradigm of becoming, as highlighted by participants’ concentration on self-acceptance versus active self-promotion. For yoga practitioners, becoming involved receptivity and reinforced inner resilience. Further research is warranted on how the effects of becoming manifest across different meaningful occupations and diverse cultural backgrounds.","PeriodicalId":51542,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Science","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135938502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-07DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2023.2248619
Jesper Larsen Maersk
{"title":"Uncovering personal meaning construction through occupation from a psychoanalytic perspective","authors":"Jesper Larsen Maersk","doi":"10.1080/14427591.2023.2248619","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2023.2248619","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51542,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42925751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-06DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2023.2248130
Tatiana Maria Marques Tironi, Maria João Leote de Carvalho, A. F. Drummond, L. Costa
{"title":"Social inequalities portrayed in the occupational experiences of girls ahead of incarceration in Brazil","authors":"Tatiana Maria Marques Tironi, Maria João Leote de Carvalho, A. F. Drummond, L. Costa","doi":"10.1080/14427591.2023.2248130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2023.2248130","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51542,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47026392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-05DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2023.2248607
Alexia Bystrzycki, N. Kiepek
{"title":"Criminalization of occupation: Articulating a legal perspective within occupational science","authors":"Alexia Bystrzycki, N. Kiepek","doi":"10.1080/14427591.2023.2248607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2023.2248607","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51542,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47439091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-04DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2023.2248135
I. Wenger, H. Lynch, M. Prellwitz, Christina Schulze
For children, playing outdoors is a meaningful occupation, and such play is enabled by outdoor playgrounds. As play is a fundamental right for every child, Universal Design is an approach to creating inclusive playgrounds that welcome all children. Yet, research investigating how the physical environment of a playground supports children ’ s play needs, in terms of play value and inclusion, is largely absent. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate how children ’ s experiences of the environmental characteristics of outdoor playgrounds add to the understanding of play value and inclusion from a child-centred perspective. Using a meta-ethnography approach, a systematic review of qualitative evidence was conducted, which included 17 studies. The study identi fi ed two themes. Theme one describes the understanding of play value from the children ’ s view, which includes their experiencing and mastering of challenges, creating and shaping of the physical environment, social experiences of playing with or alongside other children, and sense of belonging felt from the welcoming playground atmosphere. Theme two describes how the design of the physical environment of a playground in the sense of the variety of spaces and places, and the variability of designed and non-designed elements, in fl uences play value and inclusion. The line of argument synthesis describes the interrelationship between the physical (variety and variability) and the social environment (inclusion) characteristics of the playground through the socio-spatial element of play value. This study identi fi ed the interrelated elements contributing to high play value, and consequently place-making, which can contribute to the understanding of inclusive design for playgrounds.
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