Occupational Science and the First‐Person Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12644136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael D Barber (0000-0001-6846-5996, Saint Louis University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 94-96 |
| Publication date | 2006-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Occupational Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1442-7591 • E-ISSN: 2158-1576 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14427591.2006.9686574 |
| OpenAlex | W1996058591 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 10 |
The individualistic tendencies in occupational science can be explained in part by its proponents’ reliance on “the interpretive tradition” originating in Weberian sociology and phenomenological philosophy, and taking account of what an actor from his or her first‐person perspective means by an action. From within this interpretive perspective, one can take account of actors’ interrelationship with their contexts but in such a way that that relationship cannot be explained as simply the result of physical‐causal processes. An approach to occupational science based on the model of an “organism‐in‐relationship‐to‐its‐environment” may help elucidate the holistic, environmentally interconnected dimensions of occupation. But such a theoretical perspective risks overlooking the first‐person perspective of actors that mere organisms lack, that an adequate occupational science must consider, and that debates about the methods appropriate to occupational science themselves presuppose
Action (physics · Epistemology · Individualism · Occupational science · Perspective (graphical · Philosophy of science · Political science · Sociology · Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders · Computer Science · Law · Occupational Therapy Practice and Research · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery · Occupational Therapy
Uncovering personal meaning construction through occupation from a psychoanalytic perspective
Developing the transactional perspective of occupation for communities
Shaping Textile-Making
Transaction versus Interpretation, or Transaction and Interpretation? A Response to Michael Barber
One body, three hands and two minds
Hannah Arendt’s vita activa
Predicting participation in meaningful activity for older adults with cancer
Theoretical and methodological alignment through multi-modal research designs
Phenomenology and the Study of Human Occupation
A course in occupational science for occupational therapy students
The Occupation of Teaching
Foregrounding the transactional perspective’s community orientation
A vision for occupational science
The Problem of Social Reality
Healing Dramas and Clinical Plots
The Theory Of Social And Economic Organization
Mind and World
The phenomenology of the social world
Application of the phenomenological method to the concept of occupation
Occupation as Transactional Experience
Phenomenology of Perception
Mind and world
| Citations per year | 0.65 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2023 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |