School of Health & Sport Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, QLD 4558, Australia.
Research Services, Good to Better, Imbil, QLD 4570, Australia.
Occup Ther Int. 2021 Mar 9;2021:6628482. doi: 10.1155/2021/6628482. eCollection 2021.
Social circus is a branch of circus that primarily focuses on personal and community development, rather than an elite level of professional artistry required of traditional circus. Social circus engages participants in circus activities such as juggling and acrobatics with therapeutic aims such as building confidence or developing life skills. While there is a growing body of literature around social circus, there is currently limited literature exploring the interface between social circus and occupational therapy theory.
This study is aimed at examining existing examples of social circus for people with disability (via YouTube videos) through the lens of the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) to consider the link between social circus and contemporary occupational therapy practice.
The study utilised video analysis as the guiding methodology. A two-part qualitative thematic analysis was conducted on transcripts of YouTube video audio and on-screen text, as well as visual analysis of the corresponding imagery.
Social circus provides people with disabilities opportunities to actively participate and experience dignity of risk, independence, and autonomy, in a safe and inclusive environment amongst others. As a highly flexible activity (in structure, timing, tasks, outcomes, and environments), social circus accommodated differences in capacities and provided opportunity for the development of skills, both circus-specific and generalisable to everyday life. Social circus allowed people with disability to shape new identities as performers, friends, and members of a community.
Social circus offers a unique means for successfully attaining and achieving a wide range of occupational outcomes for people with and without disability across a diverse range of settings. Utilising an occupational therapy lens led to insights around the social circus environments, development of identity and transference of circus skills to everyday tasks and occupations, that were not previously acknowledged in the social circus literature. Our findings support social circus implementation and collaboration within contemporary occupational therapy practice.
社会马戏团是马戏团的一个分支，主要侧重于个人和社区发展，而不是传统马戏团所需的精英级专业艺术水平。社会马戏团让参与者参与马戏活动，如杂耍和杂技，同时具有治疗目的，如建立信心或发展生活技能。虽然社会马戏团的文献越来越多，但目前关于社会马戏团与职业治疗理论之间接口的文献有限。
本研究旨在通过人类作业模型（MOHO）的视角，检查残疾人士的社会马戏团现有范例（通过 YouTube 视频），以考虑社会马戏团与当代职业治疗实践之间的联系。
该研究采用视频分析作为指导方法。对 YouTube 视频音频和屏幕文本的文字记录以及相应图像的视觉分析进行了两部分定性主题分析。
社会马戏团为残疾人提供了在安全包容的环境中积极参与和体验风险尊严、独立和自主的机会，除此之外还有其他机会。作为一项高度灵活的活动（在结构、时间、任务、结果和环境方面），社会马戏团适应了能力差异，并为发展技能提供了机会，包括马戏特定技能和可推广到日常生活的技能。社会马戏团使残疾人有机会塑造新的表演者、朋友和社区成员身份。
社会马戏团为残疾人和非残疾人在各种环境中成功实现和达到广泛的职业成果提供了独特的手段。利用职业治疗视角可以深入了解社会马戏团环境、身份发展以及马戏技能向日常任务和职业的转移，这些在社会马戏团文献中以前没有得到承认。我们的研究结果支持在当代职业治疗实践中实施和合作社会马戏团。
