Browsing by Person "Molineux, Matthew"

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Collective Occupation in Public Spaces and the Construction of the Social Fabric
(Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists, 2017-06-01) Kantartzis, Sarah; Molineux, Matthew
Background. Contemporary research is expanding understandings occupation beyond that of the individual's doing, including the shared and social nature of occupation and the concept of collective occupation has been introduced. Purpose. A study aimed to explicate the concept of occupation in a Greek town Method. Ethnographic methodology was used and primary data included observation, participation and informal interviews. Analysis involved a hermeneutic process to develop a narrative of occupation in the town, including action, setting and plots. Findings. Occupation, a dynamic and multidimensional process, served to maintain the self, family and social fabric, and balance between and within them. Collective occupation maintained the social fabric through three forms: informal daily encounters in public spaces; organisation and associations; celebration and commemoration. Implications. Occupational therapists may consider engaging with the potential power of such collective occupation when working towards social change to enable just and inclusive societies.
Occupation to Maintain the Family as Ideology and Practice in a Greek Town
(2014-07) Kantartzis, Sarah; Molineux, Matthew
Discussions of the cultural relativity of occupation and the potential hegemony of Western conceptualisations have included increasing awareness of a dominant focus on the individual and individual agency. Recognition of the importance of understanding occupation in diverse contexts led to an ethnographic study exploring occupation in a Greek town. A transactional perspective underpinned the emergent understanding of occupation as a multidimensional and fluid process occurring within and between individuals, the family and the community, from each moment to across the life-span. This paper presents part of the findings of that study, focusing on the family as ideology and as practice. Values and beliefs around the ideal family, occupation for the maintenance of the household, and the network of family occupation, transacted in an ongoing process that constructed and reconstructed each element. Family was embedded in memories and stories, the embodied experience of growing up in the town and in the ongoing family occupation that predominated throughout the days and weeks. Family was part of who one was, but also an inextricable part of what one did. The study supports expanding conceptualisations of occupation beyond the individual to include the family as an important part of everyday life. 2014 2014 The Journal of Occupational Science Incorporated.