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    The Influence of Western Society's Construction of a Healthy Daily Life on the Conceptualisation of Occupation

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    Authors
    Kantartzis, Sarah
    Molineux, Matthew
    Date
    2010
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Kantartzis, Sarah and Molineux, Matthew. 2010. The Influence of Western Society's Construction of a Healthy Daily Life on the Conceptualisation of Occupation. Journal of Occupational Science. 18 (1): pp. 62-80.
    Source Title
    Journal of Occupational Science
    DOI
    10.1080/14427591.2011.566917
    ISSN
    1442-7591
    School
    Centre for Research into Disability and Society (Curtin Research Centre)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21629
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This article proposes that the current conceptualisation of occupation within the dominant Anglophone literature reflects central elements of Western society's construction of a ‘healthy’ daily life, the ‘ideal’ and expected way to live. Contemporary theories of social action are used to describe the structuring influence of social institutions on daily activity. Four of the commonly identified characteristics of occupation, that it is active, purposeful, temporal and meaningful, are discussed in relation to Western institutions and related aspects of daily life. It is not intended to provide a comprehensive account of the socio-historical construction of the concept of occupation, but rather to illustrate the coherence of characteristics of occupation with those of Western daily life. The implications of this for understandings of occupation amongst groups and communities with alternative constructions of daily life are discussed. Some examples are offered, particularly from Greece, as a Christian Orthodox, non-industrialised, largely collectivistic society.

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