Between the devices lines: challenges of contemporary practices in occupational therapy and culture interface

Abstract

This work discusses the challenge of establishing practices on the interface of occupational therapy and culture. It is based on studies on the problematic field defined by biopolitcs as a regime of hegemonic power composed by the domains of both these areas. It points out topics for the construction of social and cultural participation strategies for people who, for several reasons, live in vulnerable situations. These populations, traditionally received in the field of occupational therapy, circulate differently in the city and challenge the creation of innovative and transversal actions that affirm collective encounters and projects. The artistic practices engendered in certain critical perspective, appear as alternatives to activate experiments that make possible the production of subjectivities from heterogenesis. They are contributions to the set of interdisciplinary studies supporting complex and intersectorial actions which produce autonomy and cultural policies.