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Defining Occupations
‘In occupational therapy, occupations refer to the everyday activities that people do as individuals, in families and with communities to occupy time and bring meaning and purpose to life. Occupations include things people need to, want to and are expected to do’ (World Federation of Occupational Therapists, 2021).
The Dark Side of Occupations
Picture of the moon with a dark (shadowed) side to represent Twinley’s use of this as metaphor
In the recent text, Illuminating the Dark Side of Occupation : International Perspectives from Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science : International Perspectives from Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science, edited by Rebecca Twinley, Twinley writes:
‘The image of the moon* used repeatedly in this text is deliberate: I am autistic and have a neurodivergent tendency to draw on visual metaphor to make sense of the world. When I was trying to make sense of the vast range and diversity of occupations, I imagined the dark side of the moon – the place where all those occupations are that remain out of the realms of our analyses, left in the dark, or in the shadows (Twinley, 2013) to our existing knowledge’ (2021, p. 7).
See also:
References
Twinley, R. (2017). ‘The Dark Side of Occupation’. In: Jacobs, K. and MacRae, N. (eds) Occupational Therapy Essentials for Clinical Competence. 3rd edn. Thorofare, NJ: SLACK Incorporated, pp: 29-36.
Twinley, R. (2021). Illuminating the Dark Side of Occupation : International Perspectives from Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science : International Perspectives from Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science. Routledge.
*Sincere thanks to Ponciano (from Pixabay) who granted me permission to use his image, which is free for commercial use, no attribution required. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/photos/moon-sky-luna-lunar-universe-1527501/[:de]
Defining Occupations
‘In occupational therapy, occupations refer to the everyday activities that people do as individuals, in families and with communities to occupy time and bring meaning and purpose to life. Occupations include things people need to, want to and are expected to do’ (World Federation of Occupational Therapists, 2021).
The Dark Side of Occupations
There are ‘Occupations that remain unexplored—such as those that are health compromising, damaging, and deviant—and which therefore challenge the pervasive belief in a causal relationship between occupation and health’ (Twinley, 2017, p. 29).
Picture of the moon with a dark (shadowed) side to represent Twinley’s use of this as metaphor
In the recent text, Illuminating the Dark Side of Occupation : International Perspectives from Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science : International Perspectives from Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science, edited by Rebecca Twinley, Twinley writes:
‘The image of the moon* used repeatedly in this text is deliberate: I am autistic and have a neurodivergent tendency to draw on visual metaphor to make sense of the world. When I was trying to make sense of the vast range and diversity of occupations, I imagined the dark side of the moon – the place where all those occupations are that remain out of the realms of our analyses, left in the dark, or in the shadows (Twinley, 2013) to our existing knowledge’ (2021, p. 7).
See also:
References
Twinley, R. (2017). ‘The Dark Side of Occupation’. In: Jacobs, K. and MacRae, N. (eds) Occupational Therapy Essentials for Clinical Competence. 3rd edn. Thorofare, NJ: SLACK Incorporated, pp: 29-36.
Twinley, R. (2021). Illuminating the Dark Side of Occupation : International Perspectives from Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science : International Perspectives from Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science. Routledge.
*Sincere thanks to Ponciano (from Pixabay) who granted me permission to use his image, which is free for commercial use, no attribution required. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/photos/moon-sky-luna-lunar-universe-1527501/[:]