The Meaning of Everyday Occupation
Betty Risteen Hasselkus.
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WB555 H355m 2002
E002677
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簡介:
The Meaning of Everyday Occupation describes the meaning found in the ordinary
and familiar occupations that make up our everyday lives. Meaning and everyday
occupation are dimensions of living that are of the utmost importance to quality of life
for each of us.
This exceptional new text is about occupation as an experience rather than occupation
as a task. Occupation as experience is occupation as it is perceived through our senses,
as it is lived through, as it is experienced. From an occupational perspective, the
occupations of our lives and the meanings of those occupations are essential
contributors to the pace and direction of the life flow. Daily occupation is viewed as
the essential current that propels each of us along a lifelong journey.
The initial chapters in the text address the concepts of meaningfulness and
meaninglessness in our lives as well as meaning and occupation. Cultural
contributions to meaningful occupation and the contributions of experiential space
and place are discussed. Subsequent chapters focus on the primary ways in which
daily occupation contributes to meaning in our lives—as a source of connection to
others, as a force for well-being and lifespan development, as a source of meaning in
disability, and as a repository of creativity and spirituality.
The Meaning of Everyday Occupation contains many theoretical concepts related to
everyday occupational experiences that are interwoven in all chapters. Quotations and
stories from the author’s phenomenological research on occupation and from her own
life experiences, as well as illustrations from literature are used liberally throughout
the book.
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