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Occupational Therapy and Arts Therapies

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    Using visual research methods to study occupations: A scoping review
    (Informa UK Limited, 2025-06-18) Bratun, Urša; Morgenthaler, Thomas; Lee, Ben D.
    Background Visual research methods (VRMs), including photovoice, photo-elicitation, drawing, collaging, and videography, are increasingly employed in qualitative research exploring occupation. However, an in-depth analysis of these methods within occupational science (OS) and occupational therapy (OT) is scarce. Objectives To summarize the literature on VRMs and critically analyze the use within OS and OT, with a particular focus on the methodological aspects of VRMs’ application. Materials and methods The six steps of the scoping review framework were followed. The extracted data were analyzed using summative content analysis. Findings Seventy-three articles were included in the analysis. VRMs were used with people of all age groups across all continents, with and without disabilities or health conditions. VRMs were used both independently and in combination with other research methods, most often within ethnographic or phenomenological methodological frameworks. Thematic analysis was the most frequent method of data analysis. Conclusions and significance The review provides insights into occupation-related topics and populations studied using VRMs and the methods of collecting and analyzing data from visual materials. VRMs can enhance occupation-focused participatory research. It is essential that researchers in OS and OT adhere to rigorous protocols and to clearly articulate the purpose of using VRMs.
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    Collective reflections to create knowledge spaces: Thinking about an inclusive, diverse, and participatory occupational science [Réflexions collectives pour créer des espaces de connaissance : penser une science de l'occupation inclusive, diversifiée et participative]
    (Taylor & Francis Group, 2024-01-24) Veiga-Seijo, Silvia; Amores, Marcel Nazabal; Leive, Lorena; Melfi, Daniela; Morrison, Rodolfo; Tironi, Tatiana Maria Marques; Vieira, Ana Luiza Menezes; Santos, Vagner dos
    The first World Occupational Science Conference took place in Vancouver, Canada, in August 2022. As English was the official language of the event, this brought challenges for some non-anglophone participants, including some of the authors of this paper. In response, the authors gathered to support translation and communication efforts during the event. This strengthened mutual support and led to the establishment of a workgroup to reflect on knowledge production within occupational science. Framed within a call to expand the discipline beyond the English-speaking world and from a Portuguese-Spanish context, our objectives were to (i) share joint reflections on the potential barriers to participation in scientific events; and (ii) recommend options to democratize knowledge in academic events to develop a more inclusive, diverse, and participatory occupational science. This work could contribute to the creation of spaces for inclusive knowledge to engage more people in occupational science and therefore open opportunities for a more nuanced and diverse understanding of occupation.
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    “Making change by shared doing”: An examination of occupation in processes of social transformation in five case studies
    (Taylor & Francis, 2022-03-09) Schiller, Sandra; van Bruggen, Hanneke; Kantartzis, Sarah; Laliberte Rudman, Debbie; Lavalley, Ryan; Pollard, Nick
    Background: As social and health inequalities deepen around the world, scholarship in occupational therapy and occupational science has increasingly emphasised the role of occupation as a powerful tool in transformative processes. Objective: To explore how opportunities for everyday doing together may contribute to processes of social transformation by identifying ways occupation is being taken up in socially-transformative practice. Material and Methods: A generic descriptive qualitative case study design was utilized in order to describe current practice examples and identify ways occupation was being taken up in five initiatives working towards social transformation located in Canada, Germany, South Africa and the United Kingdom. Results: Focusing on the positioning of occupation within the initiatives, three themes were developed: The intentionality of the process, the nature of occupation within the initiatives, and the role of occupation within the processes of social transformation. Conclusions and Significance: Providing examples of agency on the micro level and of engagement with socioeconomic, political and cultural power structures at the societal level, this analysis raises important considerations in addressing how occupational therapy practice can move in socially responsive and transformative directions.
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    Authors in dialogue - Why race matters: Then, now and for the future
    (Taylor & Francis, 2020-10-11) Nicholls, Lindsey; Elliot, Michelle L.
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    Contributing to social transformation through occupation: Experiences from a think tank
    (Taylor & Francis, 2018-10-30) Laliberte Rudman, Deborah; Pollard, Nick; Craig, Claire; Kantartzis, Sarah; Piškur, Barbara; Algado Simó, Salvador; Van Bruggen, Hanneke; Schiller, Sandra
    Occupational therapy is underpinned by the premise that engagement in occupation is fundamental to health and well-being. Through occupations, people are able to orchestrate their lives in ways that enable them not only to survive, but also to experience human flourishing. Through occupation, people can develop and maintain their families, neighbourhoods and communities as sources of belonging, opportunities and common action. Occupation, therefore, is not only important to each individual, but also, through collective occupation, people develop the kind of lives that they live together. Occupation is an essential factor in life quality, the experience of being human and the social transformation of individuals and of the societies of which people are a part. This article describes the formation of an International Think Tank for Occupation based social transformation. It begins with a brief overview of the conditions and context that underpinned the development of the group, and the milestones achieved to date in the establishment of a global network.
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    In the shadow of occupation: Racism, shame and grief
    (Taylor & Francis, 2018-10-10) Nicholls, Lindsey; Elliot, Michelle L.
    In Freud’s seminal paper on mourning and melancholia, he distinguished between those who are able to mourn (i.e. relinquish their loved object or an idealised self) and those who become melancholic (i.e. forever lamenting the lost ‘object’). Freud also wrote of the ‘shadow of the object’ that denotes dark or hidden facets that could be considered around occupation. This paper adopts these theoretical perspectives in support of a deeper analysis of meaningful encounters that occurred within qualitative research studies with occupational therapy professionals and students. The authors describe researcher and participant moments of shame, loss, and grief in relation to encountering aspects of race and racism within their respective studies. Data were analysed utilising theories of intersubjectivity, critical feminist and race theory, and psychoanalysis within the qualitative research traditions of reflexivity. The paper proposes that the acknowledgement of the potential separation from or loss of the ‘other’ (research participant), of oneself (idealised researcher or professional) and/or the professional endeavour can allow for an authentic relationship and new learning to occur. The authors suggest that within a professional rhetoric of positive outcomes that can be achieved through empowerment and enablement, a shadow of a disavowal may be cast on complexity and complicity, which could prevent or limit the painful and necessary process of mourning to proceed. Our experience suggests that occupational science research and professional discussions which include stories of shame, grief and loss/failure can enable the development of ethically reflexive professionals who can learn from misunderstandings and their (inevitable) mistakes.