Doing, being, becoming, belonging......

This slide show is a series of pictures that represent a sand saucer flower arrangement activity, carried out on fieldwork two. During my time on placement a lot of emphasis was put on arts and craft based activities such as this one. The following is an explanation of how it fits into the categories of doing, being, becoming and belonging.

Doing

Hamell describes doing as an activity that has purpose and is goal orientated.(Hamell,1998)  When facilitating a large group activity in this setting, it is difficult  to find one activity that holds purpose and meaning to all participant’s. The group members all had different backgrounds and interests

Being

Being is defined by Hammell as a time to reflect, discover or rediscover the self, savour the moment, appreciate nature, art or music and enjoy being with special people.(Hammell,2004) This was evident by the way the clients interacted with each other. It was obvious that this group was a social outlet for many of them and the “ being “ to them was spending time together in a group of their peers.

Belonging

Belonging has been used to describe the necessary contribution of “social interaction, mutual support and friendship, and the sense of being included.”Rebeiro et al.(2001)  Belonging was very evident within this group. It was clearly observed clients enjoyed the social interaction of the group and support of peers in the same life stage and similar situation. This in turn lead to strong friend ship being built as some clients had been attending for over 10 years. Through group activities such as the example of the flower sand saucer, clients were able to increase interaction and social engagement amongst the group, and use it as a topic of conversation, work together and help one another.

Becoming

“Becoming describes the idea that people can envision future selves and possible lives, explore new opportunities an harbour ideas about who or what they wish to become” (Hammell,2004.pg304) While participating in arts and craft clients may enjoy it so much that the can envision themselves carrying on with the hobby and expanding their knowlegde.

Follow this link to my slide show.......

http://www.slideshare.net/eveannamarie/part-occupation1

References

Hammell, K.W. (2004). Dimensions of meaning in the occupations of daily life.  Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 71 (5).