Virginia Dickie
Biographic Data
| ID | 6711503 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Virginia Dickie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Virginia |
| FAMILY NAME | Dickie |
| SIGNATURE | DICKIE V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 158 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
JOS Special Issue
Foregrounding the transactional perspective’s community orientation
More than 10 years after our publication in this journal introducing the transactional perspective on occupation, we take the opportunity with others in this special issue to critically examine and suggest enhancements to the perspective. Here we lay the groundwork for what could be a new phase in the transactional perspective’s development by arguing for the value of its community-level orientation toward processes of occupation, inquiry, and pr…
A course in occupational science for occupational therapy students
This is a description of a course in occupational science for first semester occupational therapy students in an entry level Master’s degree program. The course is organized around readings chosen from occupational science and other fields and is taught using the learning through discussion process. The author’s reflections on the course follow the description
Transactional Perspectives on Occupation
Guest Editor
Are occupations ‘processes too complicated to explain'? What we can learn by trying
The life history of a pot is used as a device to demonstrate how pottery making incorporates not only those who make the pots and their actions, but also materials, social systems, history, aesthetics, and much more. I suggest that the life history rubric provides a structure to compare across systems of production and cultures, or to expand analysis at any stage. Finally, Dewey's transactional perspective is proposed as a theoretical perspective…
Breaking in”
Most occupational science research has focused on the effect of occupational engagement on the individual, leaving many group and community level processes unaddressed. The purpose of this ethnographic study is to explore the process of participation and to identify the factors that inhibit or support participation and community formation in theater groups. Through observation and open‐ended interviews with group members of a campus theater group…
Occupational Profile
This interview was my second visit to the home of Marga de Bruijn, a mother, occupational therapist, and dedicated quilt‐maker. Marga has lived and worked in the North arolina communities of Durham and Chapel Hill most of her adult life, after growing up in The Netherlands. Her story is about transition and continuity, her adoption of quilt making as part of these transitions, and the growth of that occupation to become a central part of her life
Occupation as Transactional Experience
Occupational science uses various concepts to denote occupation as residing within the individual. That is, despite recognizing the role of a context for the individual and her or his occupation, occupational scientists have continued to implicitly or explicitly create a dualistic view of person and context (environment). The dualism creates a problem for understanding occupation as well as the relationship of person and context. In this paper we…
Transaction versus Interpretation, or Transaction and Interpretation? A Response to Michael Barber
(2006). Transaction versus Interpretation, or Transaction and Interpretation? A Response to Michael Barber. Journal of Occupational Science: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 97-99
From Drunkard's Path to Kansas Cyclones
This essay discusses how the author missed the significance of creativity in the process of the quilt making she was studying. This is attributed to societal views of what is creative. However, in listening to what quilt makers said, it became evident that creativity was a significant source of meaning in what they did. The paper proposes that doing is essential to being creative, and is supported by the structure and ruleii of traditional crafts…
The Role of Learning in Quilt Making
During data collection for an ethnography of quilt making in North Carolina, learning was identified as one of the central activities of individuals and quilt guilds. This paper describes that learning in terms of its formal and informal characteristics as well as whether it is more or less social. Eight clusters of learning are developed: learning how to make a specific quilt, learning about tools and how to use them, learning aesthetics, learni…
Artisan occupations in the global economy
Craft production occurs in all sectors of the global economy. This paper provides a context for the study of the occupations of producing and selling crafts. Embedded in the world's political economy, crafts are a vehicle for individuals and societies to adapt to changing systems of production, a means for economic and cultural expression, and a voice of resistance against domination and oppression. Through crafts, tradition is maintained and/or …
Craft production in Detroit
People who produce craft work in their home provide a case for the study of the integration of productive and reproductive occupations in the home. This study of crafters in the Metropolitan Detroit area indicates that the boundaries between domains of work and home are fluid, changing according to the time of the year, the needs of family members, and economic pressures. The autonomy to move between domains without having to ask “permission” is …
Occupation as Transactional Experience
Occupational science uses various concepts to denote occupation as residing within the individual. That is, despite recognizing the role of a context for the individual and her or his occupation, occupational scientists have continued to implicitly or explicitly create a dualistic view of person and context (environment). The dualism creates a problem for understanding occupation as well as the relationship of person and context. In this paper we…
The Role of Learning in Quilt Making
During data collection for an ethnography of quilt making in North Carolina, learning was identified as one of the central activities of individuals and quilt guilds. This paper describes that learning in terms of its formal and informal characteristics as well as whether it is more or less social. Eight clusters of learning are developed: learning how to make a specific quilt, learning about tools and how to use them, learning aesthetics, learni…
Transaction versus Interpretation, or Transaction and Interpretation? A Response to Michael Barber
(2006). Transaction versus Interpretation, or Transaction and Interpretation? A Response to Michael Barber. Journal of Occupational Science: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 97-99
Craft production in Detroit
People who produce craft work in their home provide a case for the study of the integration of productive and reproductive occupations in the home. This study of crafters in the Metropolitan Detroit area indicates that the boundaries between domains of work and home are fluid, changing according to the time of the year, the needs of family members, and economic pressures. The autonomy to move between domains without having to ask “permission” is …
From Drunkard's Path to Kansas Cyclones
This essay discusses how the author missed the significance of creativity in the process of the quilt making she was studying. This is attributed to societal views of what is creative. However, in listening to what quilt makers said, it became evident that creativity was a significant source of meaning in what they did. The paper proposes that doing is essential to being creative, and is supported by the structure and ruleii of traditional crafts…
Artisan occupations in the global economy
Craft production occurs in all sectors of the global economy. This paper provides a context for the study of the occupations of producing and selling crafts. Embedded in the world's political economy, crafts are a vehicle for individuals and societies to adapt to changing systems of production, a means for economic and cultural expression, and a voice of resistance against domination and oppression. Through crafts, tradition is maintained and/or …
Foregrounding the transactional perspective’s community orientation
More than 10 years after our publication in this journal introducing the transactional perspective on occupation, we take the opportunity with others in this special issue to critically examine and suggest enhancements to the perspective. Here we lay the groundwork for what could be a new phase in the transactional perspective’s development by arguing for the value of its community-level orientation toward processes of occupation, inquiry, and pr…
JOS Special Issue
Are occupations ‘processes too complicated to explain'? What we can learn by trying
The life history of a pot is used as a device to demonstrate how pottery making incorporates not only those who make the pots and their actions, but also materials, social systems, history, aesthetics, and much more. I suggest that the life history rubric provides a structure to compare across systems of production and cultures, or to expand analysis at any stage. Finally, Dewey's transactional perspective is proposed as a theoretical perspective…
A course in occupational science for occupational therapy students
This is a description of a course in occupational science for first semester occupational therapy students in an entry level Master’s degree program. The course is organized around readings chosen from occupational science and other fields and is taught using the learning through discussion process. The author’s reflections on the course follow the description
Breaking in”
Most occupational science research has focused on the effect of occupational engagement on the individual, leaving many group and community level processes unaddressed. The purpose of this ethnographic study is to explore the process of participation and to identify the factors that inhibit or support participation and community formation in theater groups. Through observation and open‐ended interviews with group members of a campus theater group…
Occupational Profile
This interview was my second visit to the home of Marga de Bruijn, a mother, occupational therapist, and dedicated quilt‐maker. Marga has lived and worked in the North arolina communities of Durham and Chapel Hill most of her adult life, after growing up in The Netherlands. Her story is about transition and continuity, her adoption of quilt making as part of these transitions, and the growth of that occupation to become a central part of her life
Artisan occupations in the global economy
Craft production occurs in all sectors of the global economy. This paper provides a context for the study of the occupations of producing and selling crafts. Embedded in the world's political economy, crafts are a vehicle for individuals and societies to adapt to changing systems of production, a means for economic and cultural expression, and a voice of resistance against domination and oppression. Through crafts, tradition is maintained and/or …
Craft production in Detroit
People who produce craft work in their home provide a case for the study of the integration of productive and reproductive occupations in the home. This study of crafters in the Metropolitan Detroit area indicates that the boundaries between domains of work and home are fluid, changing according to the time of the year, the needs of family members, and economic pressures. The autonomy to move between domains without having to ask “permission” is …
The Role of Learning in Quilt Making
During data collection for an ethnography of quilt making in North Carolina, learning was identified as one of the central activities of individuals and quilt guilds. This paper describes that learning in terms of its formal and informal characteristics as well as whether it is more or less social. Eight clusters of learning are developed: learning how to make a specific quilt, learning about tools and how to use them, learning aesthetics, learni…
From Drunkard's Path to Kansas Cyclones
This essay discusses how the author missed the significance of creativity in the process of the quilt making she was studying. This is attributed to societal views of what is creative. However, in listening to what quilt makers said, it became evident that creativity was a significant source of meaning in what they did. The paper proposes that doing is essential to being creative, and is supported by the structure and ruleii of traditional crafts…
Occupation as Transactional Experience
Occupational science uses various concepts to denote occupation as residing within the individual. That is, despite recognizing the role of a context for the individual and her or his occupation, occupational scientists have continued to implicitly or explicitly create a dualistic view of person and context (environment). The dualism creates a problem for understanding occupation as well as the relationship of person and context. In this paper we…
Transaction versus Interpretation, or Transaction and Interpretation? A Response to Michael Barber
(2006). Transaction versus Interpretation, or Transaction and Interpretation? A Response to Michael Barber. Journal of Occupational Science: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 97-99
Occupational Profile
This interview was my second visit to the home of Marga de Bruijn, a mother, occupational therapist, and dedicated quilt‐maker. Marga has lived and worked in the North arolina communities of Durham and Chapel Hill most of her adult life, after growing up in The Netherlands. Her story is about transition and continuity, her adoption of quilt making as part of these transitions, and the growth of that occupation to become a central part of her life
Are occupations ‘processes too complicated to explain'? What we can learn by trying
The life history of a pot is used as a device to demonstrate how pottery making incorporates not only those who make the pots and their actions, but also materials, social systems, history, aesthetics, and much more. I suggest that the life history rubric provides a structure to compare across systems of production and cultures, or to expand analysis at any stage. Finally, Dewey's transactional perspective is proposed as a theoretical perspective…
Breaking in”
Most occupational science research has focused on the effect of occupational engagement on the individual, leaving many group and community level processes unaddressed. The purpose of this ethnographic study is to explore the process of participation and to identify the factors that inhibit or support participation and community formation in theater groups. Through observation and open‐ended interviews with group members of a campus theater group…
Guest Editor
Transactional Perspectives on Occupation
A course in occupational science for occupational therapy students
This is a description of a course in occupational science for first semester occupational therapy students in an entry level Master’s degree program. The course is organized around readings chosen from occupational science and other fields and is taught using the learning through discussion process. The author’s reflections on the course follow the description
Foregrounding the transactional perspective’s community orientation
More than 10 years after our publication in this journal introducing the transactional perspective on occupation, we take the opportunity with others in this special issue to critically examine and suggest enhancements to the perspective. Here we lay the groundwork for what could be a new phase in the transactional perspective’s development by arguing for the value of its community-level orientation toward processes of occupation, inquiry, and pr…
JOS Special Issue
Psychology (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Occupational Therapy Practice and Research (9 works) · Occupational science (8 works) · Occupational Therapy (8 works) · Art (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Visual arts (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Crafts, Textile, and Design (4 works)