In the shadow of occupation: Racism, shame and grief

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WFOT Special Issue

“…Another critical perspective comes from two authors from the United Kingdom, who explore the 'dark side of occupation'. In a paper titled 'In the shadow of occupation: Racism, shame and grief', Nicholls and Elliot (2019) join other voices that were heard among the presenters at the congress, who critiqued dominant neoliberal and colonial attitudes that have led to unhelpful constructions of knowledge about occupation. The authors discuss theoretical insights from psychoanalysis, critical race theory, and black feminist theory to explore their experiences in researching 'the other' (i.e., black research participants).…”

The Concept of Oppression and Occupational Therapy: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis

“…Authors advocate that therapists interrogate their assumptions about who should participate in particular occupations (Laliberte Rudman & Molke, 2009), and question how they may be interpreting structural inequities as individual client failings (Beagan & Etowa, 2009). Such critical selfquestioning may necessitate "deep and sometimes painful interrogation" (Joubert, 2010, p. 21; see also Nicholls & Elliot, 2019). On the other hand, as Steed (2014) documents, even extended educational interventions may not shift entrenched racist beliefs of occupational therapy students.…”

“…Within the profession, therapists are urged to promote respectful interactions by challenging oppressive assumptions (Chacala et al, 2014;Howarth & Jones, 1999;Townsend et al, 2000), ensuring they are not reinforcing stereotypes (Alden & Toth-Cohen, 2015;Beagan & Etowa, 2009;Steed, 2014), and creating student experiences that disrupt social norms (Stewart et al, 2005). Therapists and scholars are pressed to address oppression embedded in policy (Howarth & Jones, 1999), data collection (Beagan & Fredericks, 2018;Stewart et al, 2005), written texts (Laliberte Rudman & Molke, 2009), assessment tools (Jong et al, 2012), evaluation frameworks (Fortune et al, 2007), and dominant professional epistemologies (Gerlach, 2008;Nicholls & Elliot, 2019). Compared to the wide-ranging scope of recommendations, the selected articles describing actual changes denote relatively small initiatives such as creating a research group in a mental health day program (Townsend et al, 2000), advocacy work with senior citizens (Trentham & Neysmith, 2018), and implementing education programs for current/future therapists (Alden & Toth-Cohen, 2015;Steed, 2014).…”

Dona Ivone Lara e terapia ocupacional: devir-negro da história da profissão

“…In the production of knowledge in Occupational Therapy, researchers and professionals from different parts of the world (Ambrosio, 2020;Amorim et al, 2020;Beagan & Etowa, 2009;Farias et al, 2018Farias et al, , 2020Grenier, 2020;Nicholls & Elliot, 2019;Ramugondo, 2000;Steed, 2014) have brought debates centered on the configuration of life from the perspective of race, in a sociological conception of social relations, questioning white supremacy and addressing issues related to the ideology of racism. With that in mind, investigations on the academic production and research that focus on structural and procedural issues -racial, historical, social, political and cultural, involving black individuals and collectives, as well as their interfaces with Occupational Therapy -have led us to understand what places black people have occupied in the consolidation of theoretical and practical knowledge related to their profession.…”