Conceptualizing the role of occupation in the production of space

Delaisse, Anne-Cécile; Huot, Suzanne; Veronis, Luisa

doi:10.1080/14427591.2020.1802326

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“…Given these complexities, workplace policies and practices would benefit from a transactional frame that views workers and their environment not as separate entities but as part of an interconnected whole engaged in an intimate relationship of functional coordination (Dickie et al, 2006). Importantly, this dynamic framework informs how space and time, as highlighted in our findings, are produced and shaped through the occupations in which people engage (Delaisse et al, 2020;Nansen et al, 2010). Viewing worker participation while working from home as a dynamic process of continually establishing and re-establishing relationships across work-life and home-life (Fritz & Cutchin, 2017) can help address emerging WFH trends as contextual factors change.…”

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confidence: 87%

Negotiating Time and Space When Working From Home: Experiences During COVID-19

Fukumura

Schott

Lucas

et al. 2021

OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health

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Stay-at-home mandates following the COVID-19 pandemic increased work from home (WFH). While WFH offers many benefits, navigating work in nontraditional contexts can be a challenge. The objective of this study was to explore the benefits and challenges of WFH during COVID-19 to identify supports and resources necessary. Comments from two free-response questions on a survey regarding experiences of WFH ( N = 648, N = 366) were analyzed using inductive qualitative content analysis. Four themes emerged: time use, considerations of working in the home space, intersections between work-life and home-life, and temporality of WFH as situated within a pandemic. Across all themes were concerns related to participation in both work and home roles, work performance, and well-being. Findings highlight the importance of support during times of disruption of occupational patterns, roles, and routines. Despite challenges, many individuals hoped to continue WFH. Organizations should consider the complex intersections of work-life and home-life to develop supportive policies and resources.

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confidence: 87%

Negotiating Time and Space When Working From Home: Experiences During COVID-19

Fukumura

Schott

Lucas

et al. 2021

OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health

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“…Advocacy efforts within occupational therapy could aim to provide more socially transformative opportunities. Recent studies examining the spatiality of occupation in relation to immigrants' everyday lives have begun to highlight the potential to use community spaces to support meaningful occupational participation (Delaisse et al, 2020). Research by Lavalley and colleagues outlines how shared occupations within a senior centre frequented by an increasing number of Latinx immigrants contributed to the transformation of social relationships within the centre.…”

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confidence: 99%

Cultivating social occupations, spaces, and networks: service providers’ perspectives on enabling immigrants’ social participation

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Brower

Tham

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Cad. Bras. Ter. Ocup.

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Introduction Immigrants may experience many barriers to social participation within host societies. Immigrants’ integration into Canadian society is supported through government-funded services. Objective In the present study, we explored the perspectives of service providers working in community organizations regarding their role in enabling immigrants’ social participation through occupations in British Columbia, Canada. Method Representatives from twenty different organizations providing services to the community participated in a constructivist qualitative study aiming to uncover aspects shaping opportunities for occupational participation provided for immigrants. Results Drawing on semi-structured interviews and using thematic analysis, we identified three main themes relating to cultivating social occupations, spaces, and networks. Findings illustrate that service providers’ cultivation of these opportunities can support immigrants’ desired social roles and social identities, further enabling their participation in receiving societies. Conclusion Emphasis upon supporting socio-economic integration into society appears to limit a client-centred approach to developing opportunities for social participation through occupation. Implications for occupational therapists and scientists are discussed.

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“…Within our work, we sought to foster understanding, analysis, and-most importantly-critique of the roots and origins of the construct of occupation and its potential role in creating racist social systems, policies, and practice. As occupational scientists situate occupation among its social and communal relations (Cutchin et al, 2017;Delaisse et al, 2020;, we, along with our students, sought deeper analysis of occupation's part in mechanisms and processes of racism. When preparing the first iteration of our module of Race and Occupation in 2019, we found English and Spanish literature that described injustices (e.g., Bailliard, 2013;Huot, 2013), resilience (e.g., Pyatak & Muccitelli, 2011; Simaan, 2017), and experiences of occupation for various racialized groups (e.g., Adrian, 2013;Beagan & Etowa, 2011), or emphasized the need to epistemologically and historically critique occupational therapy through decolonizing perspectives (e.g., Guajardo et al, 2015;Simó Algado et al, 2016;Restall et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%