Produção de vida e manutenção da existência em um cotidiano pandêmico: perspectivas, experiências e reflexões de docentes de Terapia Ocupacional

Abstract

Introduction: The "production of life" can be interpreted as ways of existing in the world through a continuum of activities that promote the meaning and recreation of life. In the pandemic, several changes affected the daily lives of individuals, who stopped living a pre existing reality to face a new way of existing in the world. Objective: To analyze the relationship between everyday life, Occupational Therapy and the production of life in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, through the perspectives, experiences and reflections of university professors of the Occupational Therapy course from a public university in northeastern Brazil. Method: This is an observational, cross-sectional and quantitative qualitative research. Results: The research had 100% adhesion of active professors, those aged between 25 and 61 years, prevalence of females (94.7%), self-declared whites (68.4%) and heterosexuals (79.0%). The listed categories were: (I) Human occupation as a way of existing, feeling and producing life; (II) Taking care of each other and with each other to support the routine of losses; (III) Daily life, body and mind “pandemized” and (IV) The fine line between the human being, the teacher and the occupational therapist. Conclusion: Understanding the relationship between daily life, the production of life and Occupational Therapy provides multiple developments on the importance of finding ways of living amid imposed adversities.