Sacred activity by the Method of Excavation

• Main Authors: Eliana Anjos Furtado, Juliana Leitão Marcondes
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de São Carlos 2014-04-01
• Series: Cadernos de Terapia Ocupacional
• Subjects: Activity; Methods; Therapeutics; Teaching; Occupational Therapy
• Online Access: http://doi.editoracubo.com.br/10.4322/cto.2013.068
• ISSN: 0104-4931; 2238-2860

Excavation is a clinical and teaching methodology created by the first author of this article. It constitutes a way of helping subjects think, make and speak. This process occurs through the xcavation of making, unblinding and/or unveiling elements in search for the understanding of sacred activity. Through xcavation, subjects understand their thoughts, values and the society in which they live in as they excavate their life stories and their relations with making, including their daily, social and work activities. We applied a thoughtful analysis to approach the role of excavation and the concept of sacred activity. Sacred activity is the core activity of every human being, which is not necessarily the activity we perform in our everyday or work life. Sacred activity is that in which subjects are inserted and experience integrally, genuinely and with no masking. Through sacred activities, subjects surrender, not only to the activity itself, but also to the other, to himself and into himself, by quest. Seeking sacred activity is, therefore, a process of questioning, excavating the routine of subjects, watching and understanding the content of this excavation, replacing and adjusting what is being unveiled, and thus making this activity sacred. In this analysis, we concluded that, by the method of excavation, the sacralization of this action should allow subjects to have tender relationships, and thus be cured.