Abstract
Background
Everyday life is full of changeable situations shaping engagement in occupation. Applying a pragmatic philosophical perspective, engagement in occupation is constantly acted out as experiments under the premise of indeterminate situations open to inquiry. Applying John Dewey’s theory on inquiry, forms a basis for conceptualising engagement in occupation as a practical acting of inquiry. Following this reasoning, it can be argued that occupation holds a transformative capacity obtained through “doing the next”.If this perspective is pursued even further, the transformative capacity of occupation can be described as the prime source of resilience, in the attempt to obtain stability in challenging situations in everyday life.
Objective
The objective of this theoretical presentation is to analyse and discuss a situated and transactional perspective on the resilient nature of occupation.
Methods
A theoretical analysis based on research on situated and transactional perspectives on occupation.
Results
The application of pragmatism as a theoretical point of departure allows us to form the theoretical hypothesis that the transformative capacity of occupation can be viewed as a prime source of resilience.
Conclusion
The resilient nature of occupation can be identified in the situated nature of knowing and acting as unfolded through engagement in occupation.
Everyday life is full of changeable situations shaping engagement in occupation. Applying a pragmatic philosophical perspective, engagement in occupation is constantly acted out as experiments under the premise of indeterminate situations open to inquiry. Applying John Dewey’s theory on inquiry, forms a basis for conceptualising engagement in occupation as a practical acting of inquiry. Following this reasoning, it can be argued that occupation holds a transformative capacity obtained through “doing the next”.If this perspective is pursued even further, the transformative capacity of occupation can be described as the prime source of resilience, in the attempt to obtain stability in challenging situations in everyday life.
Objective
The objective of this theoretical presentation is to analyse and discuss a situated and transactional perspective on the resilient nature of occupation.
Methods
A theoretical analysis based on research on situated and transactional perspectives on occupation.
Results
The application of pragmatism as a theoretical point of departure allows us to form the theoretical hypothesis that the transformative capacity of occupation can be viewed as a prime source of resilience.
Conclusion
The resilient nature of occupation can be identified in the situated nature of knowing and acting as unfolded through engagement in occupation.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication date | 2021 |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
| Event | COTEC-ENOTHE Congress 2021 (online) - Prag (online), Prag, Czech Republic Duration: 15 Sept 2021 → 18 Sept 2021 Conference number: 2 https://www.cotec-enothe2021.com/ |
Conference
| Conference | COTEC-ENOTHE Congress 2021 (online) |
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| Number | 2 |
| Location | Prag (online) |
| Country/Territory | Czech Republic |
| City | Prag |
| Period | 15/09/21 → 18/09/21 |
| Other | En konference afviklet af Council of Occupational Therapists for European Countries (COTEC) and European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education (ENOTHE). Temaet for konferencen var Occupational Therapy Europe - Building resilience in indivi... |
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