Agroecology and occupational therapy: ways to think human occupation

Abstract

This text aims to promote the dialogue between Occupational Therapy (TO), as a field that has
been focusing on human occupation, with Agroecology, as an insurgent movement that has
been claiming alternative ways of relating to nature and its resources, surpassing the Coloniality
of Nature. It is a work of reflection through a bibliographical review. The human occupation
of a subject or social group is related to its ecological position within an ecosystem, related
to its way of relating to nature, which can be destructive/alienated or sustainable/conscious.
Thus, in order to overcome human occupations based on the capitalist paradigm and based on
Agroecology, it is fundamental that there be dialogues with professions with TO, which seeks
to understand human occupation and has the capacity to intervene in this occupation, and to
build spaces to overcome patterns Based on the capitalist / agroindustrial paradigm, along with
other professionals in an interdisciplinary relationship.