Introduction to critical perspectives in occupational science / Clare Hocking and Gail Whiteford -- What would Paulo Freire think of occupational science? / Lilian Magalhães -- Transactionalism : occupational science and the pragmatic attitude / Malcolm P. Cutchin and Virginia A. Dickie -- Understanding the discursive development of occupation : historico-political perspectives / Sarah Kantartzis & Matthew Molineux -- Occupations through the looking glass : reflecting on occupational scientists ontological assumptions / Clare Hocking -- Knowledge paradigms in occupational science : pluralistic perspectives / Elizabeth Anne Kinsella -- Occupation and ideology / Ben Sellar -- Governing through occupation : shaping expectations and possibilities / Debbie Laliberte Rudman -- When occupation goes wrong : critically reflecting on risk discourses and their relevance in shaping occupation / Silke Dennhardt and Debbie Laliberte Rudman -- The case for multiple research methodologies / Valerie Wright-St. Clair -- Occupational choice : the significance of socio-economic and political factors / Roshan Galvaan -- The international society for occupational science : a critique of its role in facilitating the development of occupational science through international networks and intercultural dialogue / Alison Wicks -- Occupation, inclusion, and participation / Gail Whiteford and Robert Pereira