Energizing everyday practices through the indigenous spirituality of haka

Smith, Valance

doi:10.1080/14427591.2017.1280838

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“…In the Aotearoa New Zealand context of bicultural practice, Smith () proposes a Māori cultural lens that we suggest represents the fundamentals of human connectedness. Smith describes mārama citizens as the enlightened and understanding actors who embody the truth and integrity – pono – and the right and correct conduct – tika .…”

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‘The right thing to do’: Fostering social inclusion for mental health service users through acts of citizenship

Hamer

Rowe

Seymour

2018

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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The theoretical framework of citizenship is increasingly being used in mental health settings to inform practice. This exploratory qualitative study describes in more detail the acts of citizenship embedded in the everyday practices of mental health workers that promote the social inclusion of people in their care. Acts make a claim for justice when one's rights and responsibilities of citizenship are denied. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 12 participants, seven mental health clinicians and five peer support workers, recruited from a mental health facility in Connecticut, USA. Two themes are presented, breaking the rules and the right thing to do, a rights-based practice that fosters inclusion for service users. Results suggest that staff undertake hidden acts of citizenship to promote inclusion and rights of service users by responsibly subverting the rules and norms of the organization. Changes to organizational practices to make visible such inclusionary acts are required. Implications for practice and considerations of organizational change through the development of a citizenship framework to underpin practice are recommended.

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‘The right thing to do’: Fostering social inclusion for mental health service users through acts of citizenship

Hamer

Rowe

Seymour

2018

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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“…Putting spirituality [26] at the nucleus of the triangle, perpetuates the idea that spirit exists within a person and is removed from any connections to the outside world, despite the newer theory stating otherwise [27]. This separation of the body, mind and soul reinforces positivist science as the basis of occupational therapy thinking [28][29][30], and negates cultural perspectives where spirituality is a part of language or environment or the occupation [31]. The position of the shapes, or the size of the environment, promulgates the view that the environment is dominant and homogenously influences the other components.…”

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The unsustainability of occupational based model diagrams

Reid

Hocking

Smythe

2019

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Background: Occupation-based models are generic explanations of occupational engagement. Their associated diagrams are conceptual tools that represent the key concepts and their interrelationships, which have withstood substantial shifts in the profession's knowledge base and scope over the last 30-40 years. Aims: We aim to bring into question the sustainability of the diagrams used to represent models. Methods: Intellectual history and semiotic analysis are combined as tools for examining the history of selected occupation-based models and the convention of representing them diagrammatically. Our critique employs a hermeneutically inspired semiotic technique to scrutinise the diagrams as stand-alone symbolic objects. Results: We argue that the rigid categorisation and oversimplified structure of diagrams keeps the profession pinned to dated perspectives based in positivism and dualism, bypassing the real, lived experiences of people. Our critique highlights the ontological absences from diagrammatic representations of occupation-based models. Conclusions: The continued practice of depicting models with diagrams needs to change, to create space to integrate other theory and perspectives, such as a more fundamentally human, ontological perspective. Significance: An ontological perspective is important for practice to advance past the dualistic or pluralistic stance the profession has held for decade, to understand how people experience their world rather than how the profession sees a person's world.

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“…Smith is an active musician in Auckland city, performing at venues on a regular basis. His theoretical paper (Smith, 2017) investigates the nature of indigenous Māori spirituality and its relationship to art, proposing that it is a cultural framework that inspires, energizes, and synergizes all those who engage and share in its life force. In his paper, Smith proposes 'kaupapa ora' as a possible Māori understanding of occupational science.…”

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