Michael O’rourke
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 148873 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Michael O’rourke |
| NOMBRES | Michael |
| APELLIDO | O’rourke |
| FIRMA | O’ROURKE M |
| AFILIACIONES | Michigan State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4629-0811 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 47 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 111 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 45 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1988 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Initial development and validation of the Faculty Epistemic Exclusion Scale
How to promote the integrative ability of transdisciplinary graduate students
By integrating the insights of academic researchers and stakeholders from outside the academy, transdisciplinary research promises to help address complex challenges that threaten the safety and well-being of people the world over. This promise has led to the development of systematic efforts to train graduate students to conduct transdisciplinary research, and there is increasing interest in transdisciplinary education in the graduate training l…
Toward a Metaphilosophy of Integration
In this comment, I concentrate on the concept of integration , which figures centrally in Key texts on interdisciplinary higher education . After critically discussing the different ways in which integration is used in the volume, I suggest a metaphilosophical orientation that welcomes this diversity as a source of conceptual clarification and innovation
Addressing communication challenges in transdisciplinary sustainability science
To address sustainable development challenges, transdisciplinary sustainability science (TDSS) requires understanding and managing ecological processes that transcend scientific, geopolitical, and cultural divides. Communication that can bridge these divides is critical for the success of TDSS projects. We describe a communication strategy developed as part of a large, transdisciplinary, multiyear project that aimed to understand the impact of in…
Raising undergraduate researchers’ interdisciplinary consciousness through dialogue
The importance of interdisciplinary approaches for research and education in environmental studies and sciences is well known. Integration of the multiple disciplinary approaches taught in separate courses required within these undergraduate majors and minors, however, remains a challenge. Program faculty often come from different departments and do not have time or space to integrate their own approaches with each other, resulting in individual …
Epistemic exclusion
Despite institutional efforts, growth in the number of faculty of color has largely plateaued, limiting research innovation and other benefits of diversity. In this article, we seek to understand structural barriers to faculty equity by (a) detailing a theory of epistemic exclusion within academia and (b) applying the theory of epistemic exclusion to the specific context of faculty departmental reviews of scholarly research (e.g., annual review, …
Consultative or participatory
Integrate the integrators! A call for establishing academic careers for integration experts
Integration is often considered the core challenge and the defining characteristic of inter- and trans-disciplinary (ITD) research. Given its importance, it is surprising that the current system of higher education does not provide permanent positions for integration experts; i.e., experts who lead, administer, manage, monitor, assess, accompany, and/or advise others on integration within ITD projects or programs. Based on empirical results of an…
Building community capacity with philosophy
In this article, we describe a project in which philosophy, in combination with methods drawn from mental modeling, was used to structure dialogue among stakeholders in a region-scale climate adaptation process. The case study we discuss synthesizes the Toolbox dialogue method, a philosophically grounded approach to enhancing communication and collaboration in complex research and practice, with a mental modeling approach rooted in risk analysis,…
Expertise in research integration and implementation for tackling complex problems
Expertise in research integration and implementation is an essential but often overlooked component of tackling complex societal and environmental problems. We focus on expertise relevant to any complex problem, especially contributory expertise, divided into ‘knowing-that’ and ‘knowing-how.’ We also deal with interactional expertise and the fact that much expertise is tacit. We explore three questions. First, in examining ‘when is expertise in r…
Using a survey to initiate and sustain productive group dialogue in focus groups
Interaction is the distinctive feature of focus groups, yet little attention has been devoted to understanding techniques for enhancing the quality of interactions. We argue that using a quantitative survey instrument with focus groups has specific benefits beyond traditional open-ended topic lists or questions. We describe particular features of a survey that provoke reflection and reaction by participants, thereby deepening dialogue. When using…
Experimental Philosophy of Science and Philosophical Differences across the Sciences
This article contributes to the underdeveloped field of experimental philosophy of science. We examine variability in the philosophical views of scientists. Using data from Toolbox Dialogue Initiative, we analyze scientists’ responses to prompts on philosophical issues (methodology, confirmation, values, reality, reductionism, and motivation for scientific research) to assess variance in the philosophical views of physical scientists, life scient…
Biogeographic barriers and coastal erosion
For most of the past 5,000 years, the North American Arctic has seen distinct cultural developments in its eastern and western regions, with the boundary between them located in the Amundsen Gulf region in northwestern Canada. This boundary was traversed by two major migration episodes that define the 'big picture' of North American Arctic archaeology, but for much of the remainder of prehistory, there are only rare indications of communication o…
Cunningham on the flooded grasslands, 1825
Risk and value
Cultural landscapes are an effective means of conceptualizing the heritage character of the lived landscape, an approach which has been applied in heritage-management programmes around the world. A central aspect of cultural landscape management efforts is their particular attention to the kinds of value which are ascribed to places of cultural importance. This article outlines one iteration of a cultural landscape vulnerability model developed f…
The map is not the territory
In response to concerns regarding the social relevance of North American archaeology, it has been suggested that the tenets of 'activist scholarship' can provide a framework for a more publically engaged archaeological discipline. Maps have long been employed in the public dissemination of archaeological research results, but they can also play a role in enhancing public participation in heritage management initiatives. This article outlines how …
Archaeological Site Vulnerability Modelling
Much of the Inuvialuit archaeological record is situated along shorelines of the western Canadian Arctic. These coastal sites are at substantial risk of damage due to a number of geomorphological processes at work in the region. The identification of threatened heritage remains is critical in the Mackenzie Delta, where landscape changes are taking place at an increasingly rapid pace. This paper outlines some preliminary observations from a resear…
An Early Inupiaq Occupation
This paper describes and interprets a well-preserved early Thule semi-subterranean dwelling from Cape Espenberg, Alaska. The house architecture is similar in many respects to other early Thule dwellings with a sub-rectangular main room, long sunken entrance tunnel, and associated kitchen area. However, the presence of narrow side benches and associated flooring differences adds significantly to the variability present in Thule house form. Radioca…
Scientists’ attitudes on science and values
Human values and the value of humanities in interdisciplinary research
Research integrating the perspectives of different disciplines, or interdisciplinary research, has become increasingly common in academia and is considered important for its ability to address complex questions and problems. This mode of research aims to leverage differences among disciplines in generating a more complex understanding of the research landscape. To interact successfully with other disciplines, researchers must appreciate their dif…
Value and Fluidity in Collaborative Heritage Research Planning
Value and Fluidity in Collaborative Heritage Research PlanningPerspectives from the Memory, Meaning-Making and Collections Project Michael J. E. O’Rourke (bio) Notions of value and significance have long been employed, both consciously and unintentionally, as a means of guiding a broad range of heritage initiatives. The degree to which public modes of valuation are effectively applied in such frameworks has been heartily critiqued, however, parti…
Discovering philosophical assumptions that guide action research
Your Hypothesis or Mine? Terminological and Conceptual Variation Across Disciplines
Cross-disciplinary research (CDR) is a necessary response to many current pressing problems, yet CDR practitioners face diverse research challenges. Communication challenges can limit a CDR team’s ability to collaborate effectively, including differing use of scientific terms among teammates. To illustrate this, we examine the conceptual complexity and cross-disciplinary ambiguity of the term hypothesis as it is used by researchers participating …
Mapping the integrative field
Responsible innovation requires that scientific and other expert practices be responsive to society. We take stock of a variety of collaborative approaches to socio-technical integration that seek to broaden the societal contexts technical experts take into account during their routine activities. Part of a larger family of engaged scholarship that includes inter- and trans-disciplinarity as well as stakeholder and public engagement, we distingui…
On the nature of cross-disciplinary integration
On the nature of cross-disciplinary integration
Philosophical intervention and cross-disciplinary science
Archaeological Site Vulnerability Modelling
Much of the Inuvialuit archaeological record is situated along shorelines of the western Canadian Arctic. These coastal sites are at substantial risk of damage due to a number of geomorphological processes at work in the region. The identification of threatened heritage remains is critical in the Mackenzie Delta, where landscape changes are taking place at an increasingly rapid pace. This paper outlines some preliminary observations from a resear…
An Early Inupiaq Occupation
This paper describes and interprets a well-preserved early Thule semi-subterranean dwelling from Cape Espenberg, Alaska. The house architecture is similar in many respects to other early Thule dwellings with a sub-rectangular main room, long sunken entrance tunnel, and associated kitchen area. However, the presence of narrow side benches and associated flooring differences adds significantly to the variability present in Thule house form. Radioca…
Scientists’ attitudes on science and values
Experimental Philosophy of Science and Philosophical Differences across the Sciences
This article contributes to the underdeveloped field of experimental philosophy of science. We examine variability in the philosophical views of scientists. Using data from Toolbox Dialogue Initiative, we analyze scientists’ responses to prompts on philosophical issues (methodology, confirmation, values, reality, reductionism, and motivation for scientific research) to assess variance in the philosophical views of physical scientists, life scient…
Biogeographic barriers and coastal erosion
For most of the past 5,000 years, the North American Arctic has seen distinct cultural developments in its eastern and western regions, with the boundary between them located in the Amundsen Gulf region in northwestern Canada. This boundary was traversed by two major migration episodes that define the 'big picture' of North American Arctic archaeology, but for much of the remainder of prehistory, there are only rare indications of communication o…
John Searle's Philosophy of Language
Epistemic exclusion
Despite institutional efforts, growth in the number of faculty of color has largely plateaued, limiting research innovation and other benefits of diversity. In this article, we seek to understand structural barriers to faculty equity by (a) detailing a theory of epistemic exclusion within academia and (b) applying the theory of epistemic exclusion to the specific context of faculty departmental reviews of scholarly research (e.g., annual review, …
The map is not the territory
In response to concerns regarding the social relevance of North American archaeology, it has been suggested that the tenets of 'activist scholarship' can provide a framework for a more publically engaged archaeological discipline. Maps have long been employed in the public dissemination of archaeological research results, but they can also play a role in enhancing public participation in heritage management initiatives. This article outlines how …
On the Eve of a Queer-Straight Future
Using a survey to initiate and sustain productive group dialogue in focus groups
Interaction is the distinctive feature of focus groups, yet little attention has been devoted to understanding techniques for enhancing the quality of interactions. We argue that using a quantitative survey instrument with focus groups has specific benefits beyond traditional open-ended topic lists or questions. We describe particular features of a survey that provoke reflection and reaction by participants, thereby deepening dialogue. When using…
Risk and value
Cultural landscapes are an effective means of conceptualizing the heritage character of the lived landscape, an approach which has been applied in heritage-management programmes around the world. A central aspect of cultural landscape management efforts is their particular attention to the kinds of value which are ascribed to places of cultural importance. This article outlines one iteration of a cultural landscape vulnerability model developed f…
Que há de tão queer na teoria queer por-vir
O artigo propõe-se desembrulhar uma série de termos-chave que preocuparam Jacques Derrida após a chamada viragem político-ético-religiosa deste autor, desde um texto como Force of Law (1989) até Voyous (2004): termos como “auto-imunidade”, “messianicidade sem messianismo”, a “chegança” e a “democracia por-vir”, entre outros. Irei debruçar-me sobre os últimos textos de Derrida, em particular sobre a obra Voyous – em minha opinião, uma importante c…
Initial development and validation of the Faculty Epistemic Exclusion Scale
Value and Fluidity in Collaborative Heritage Research Planning
Value and Fluidity in Collaborative Heritage Research PlanningPerspectives from the Memory, Meaning-Making and Collections Project Michael J. E. O’Rourke (bio) Notions of value and significance have long been employed, both consciously and unintentionally, as a means of guiding a broad range of heritage initiatives. The degree to which public modes of valuation are effectively applied in such frameworks has been heartily critiqued, however, parti…
Paul Bunyan Lives
Sculpting with Computer Graphics
The author describes a computer-based approach intended to facilitate the design and fabrication of his abstract sculpture. After explaining how he models the three-dimensional shapes, determines the color composition and fabricates a detailed aluminum maquette, he examines the usefulness and the limitations of his techniques. Finally, he discusses some ways in which this approach allows him to address his aesthetic concerns
The Kamilaroi Lands
Paul Bunyan Lives
On the Eve of a Queer-Straight Future
Queer Masculinities, 1550–1800
This book offers the most up to the minute snapshot of scholarship on queer/gay historiographies in a number of geographical regions in western Europe, Asia and the US. It features the work of the mos
Queer masculinities, 1550-1800
Que há de tão queer na teoria queer por-vir
O artigo propõe-se desembrulhar uma série de termos-chave que preocuparam Jacques Derrida após a chamada viragem político-ético-religiosa deste autor, desde um texto como Force of Law (1989) até Voyous (2004): termos como “auto-imunidade”, “messianicidade sem messianismo”, a “chegança” e a “democracia por-vir”, entre outros. Irei debruçar-me sobre os últimos textos de Derrida, em particular sobre a obra Voyous – em minha opinião, uma importante c…
Employing Philosophical Dialogue in Collaborative Science
Integrated research across disciplines is required to address many of the pressing environmental problems facing human societies. Often the integration involves disparate disciplines, including those in the biological sciences, and demands collaboration from problem formulation through hypothesis development, data analysis, interpretation, and application. Such projects raise conceptual and methodological challenges that are new to many researche…
Queering Medieval Genres
Welcome to Serbia
This paper reviews tobacco use and control policies in Serbia. Tobacco contributes significantly to the burden of disease in Serbia, and it has one of the highest age standardised lung cancer incidence rates in Europe. Until recently there were few restrictions on smoking or tangible tobacco control policies. Serbia has, however, now embarked on a legislative and regulatory path towards greater tobacco control, but implementation and enforcement …
Unfinished Business
John Searle's Philosophy of Language
The Sciences of Homosexuality in Early Modern Europe
The Afterlives of Queer Theory
Post-Continental Queer TheoryIn an interview with Paul Ennis in Post-Continental Voices, Adrian Ivakhiv is asked about his opinion concerning the future of post-continental philoso-phy and he responds that:In an increasingly global context, I’m not sure if either ‘continental phi-losophy’ or “analytical philosophy” have much of a future except as car-riers of certain legacies; they’re carry-overs from a time when philosophy seemed exclusive to th…
Princess of Networks
This response to Lisa Baraitser's Maternal Encounters: The Ethics of Interruption (2009 Baraitser , L. ( 2009 ). Maternal Encounters: The Ethics of Interruption . London , UK, and New York, NY : Routledge . [Google Scholar]) puts the book in conversation with recent speculative realist thinking and object-oriented philosophies. Drawing on the democratizing onticology of Levi Bryant, Graham Harman's object-oriented philosophy, Ian Bogost's alien p…
To Encounter a Child
This article offers an outline and preliminary analyses of key aspects of Lisa Baraitser's (2009 Baraitser , L. ( 2009 ). Maternal Encounters: The Ethics of Interruption . London, UK, and New York , NY : Routledge . [Google Scholar]) Maternal Encounters as a situating opening piece in a special feature arising from an intensive seminar on Baraitser's work held in Dublin in September 2010. The first section opens out some of the psychoanalytic imp…
The Reed
The afterlives of Queer Theory
Jam
Philosophical intervention and cross-disciplinary science
The Divivacities of Cixous and Derrida (with a Bracketed Response
This pair of texts, article and response – a performance poem of sorts – focuses on the sexual and textual erotics which circulate in the texts written by Jacques Derrida and Hélène Cixous for and about each other. It is based on Michael O'Rourke's ‘The Divivacities of Cixous and Derrida’, a keynote lecture delivered at the Bodies in Movement conference at Edinburgh in May of 2011 and Kamillea Aghtan's response to O'Rourke. It seeks to discuss th…
Discovering philosophical assumptions that guide action research
Your Hypothesis or Mine? Terminological and Conceptual Variation Across Disciplines
Cross-disciplinary research (CDR) is a necessary response to many current pressing problems, yet CDR practitioners face diverse research challenges. Communication challenges can limit a CDR team’s ability to collaborate effectively, including differing use of scientific terms among teammates. To illustrate this, we examine the conceptual complexity and cross-disciplinary ambiguity of the term hypothesis as it is used by researchers participating …
Mapping the integrative field
Responsible innovation requires that scientific and other expert practices be responsive to society. We take stock of a variety of collaborative approaches to socio-technical integration that seek to broaden the societal contexts technical experts take into account during their routine activities. Part of a larger family of engaged scholarship that includes inter- and trans-disciplinarity as well as stakeholder and public engagement, we distingui…
On the nature of cross-disciplinary integration
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