The development of occupational science outside the Anglophone sphere: Enacting global collaboration

Lilian MagalhãesDepartment of Occupational Therapy & Post Graduate Program in Occupational Therapy, Federal University of Sao Carlos, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3666-3685

Lisette FariasDepartment of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4238-3049

Natalia Rivas-QuarnetiFaculty of Health Sciences, University of A Coruna, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9444-4347

Liliana AlvarezSchool of Occupational Therapy, Western University, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9934-3414

Ana Paula Serrata MalfitanoDepartment of Occupational Therapy & Post Graduate Program in Occupational Therapy, Federal University of Sao Carlos, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0502-3194

ABSTRACT

The emergence of occupational science in non-English speaking countries is frequently hampered by diverse barriers to global collaboration, knowledge dissemination, and inclusion in international dialogue. Epistemological, cultural, and institutional resources may explain these barriers, yet these have not been explored within the discipline. This paper discusses three main issues and three priorities for action put forward by participants during sessions held at two separate, international occupational science conferences. The sessions aimed to engage the audience in critical reflexivity and dialogue around the challenges present when non-English speaking countries attempt to develop occupational science scholarship and possible ways to support global collaboration. To stimulate discussion, we used a participatory methodology, ‘Metaplan’. The sessions included a statements exercise, reflections presented by the authors, individual reflexivity, and small group debate. The findings are structured as a reflexive dialogue where participants’ voices, theory, and the authors’ reflections are interwoven to enrich discussion of the issues participants identified and priorities for action. This paper contributes to decolonizing the development of occupational science and promoting an international dialogue that is open to diverse worldviews, by drawing attention to the visible and invisible barriers that limit collaboration and inclusion of the diverse ways in which occupation is understood and enacted worldwide.

TAMBIÉN PUBLICADO EN ESPAÑOL https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2018.1551048

在非英语国家，生活活动科学的出现常常因为全球合作、知识传播和国际对话方面的各种障碍而受阻。认识论、文化和制度等方面的信息可以解释这些障碍，但这些障碍尚未在生活活动学科内得到探索。本文讨论了在两个国际生活活动科学会议期间与会者提出的三个主要问题和三个优先行动。当非英语国家试图建立生活活动科学奖学金以及寻找支持全球合作的可能方式的时候，这些会议旨在围绕当前面临的挑战进行批判性反思和对话。为了促进讨论，我们采用了参与式方法“Metaplan”。会议内容包括陈述练习、作者反思、个人反思和小组辩论。将调查结果构成反思性对话，使得参与者的声音、理论和作者的反思交织在一起，以丰富对参与者所提问题和行动重点的讨论。本文通过提请大家注意，对合作和包容在世界范围内理解和行使生活活动的各种方式，存在着限制性的有形和无形的障碍，为生活活动科学发展的去殖民化出一份力，并提倡关于多种世界观的国际性对话。

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El desarrollo de la ciencia ocupacional fuera del ámbito anglófono: Promoviendo la colaboración global