Video: ‘Occupational Transition to Dunedin’
The task that we had to complete was to produce
a one-minute video on occupational justice, occupational disruption,
occupational transition or occupational deprivation. Our group chose to do
occupational transition. We all thought that it would be a good idea as it is
quite a significant transition in all of our lives. We also all thought we had
quite similar transitions from our hometowns to Dunedin. Apart from me, since
Dunedin is my hometown, so I didn’t have to make much of a move. Although I
have gone flatting since I have been studying and this has been quite a
transition for me. We discussed ideas about how we could show our stories of
coming to Dunedin. And came up with the idea of using the theme ‘occupational
transition’ to show the different transitions we all experienced. We decided
that we would have one shot of each of us holding two pieces of paper (one
under the other), the first piece would say what we used to be like or
experience in our home town, this would then be dropped and the second one
would be reviled to say something that represents us now as students in
Dunedin. Before we started filming we were able to draw up a storyboard of how
the shots of the video would go. This then aided us when it came to the filming
of the video.
Occupational Transition is where we as
humans change and make new transitions through various life stages.
Christiansen & Townsend (2011) define occupational transitions as “Circumstances
creating a change in the nature or type of occupational engagement pursued by
or available to an individual. Such transitions may be the result of choice,
changes in physical or mental status, life transitions, geographical change,
geopolitical strife, or other factors. (p.421). So as you can see, the
transition of going from high school into tertiary studies, moving from your
home town to the place you are going to study, falls right within the
definition of ‘occupational transition’.
References
Christiansen, C. H. & Townsend, E. A.
(2011). Introduction to occupation: The art and science of living (2nd ed.).
New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc
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