Joe O’mahoney
Biographic Data
| ID | 372827 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joe O’mahoney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joe |
| FAMILY NAME | O’mahoney |
| SIGNATURE | O’MAHONEY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1912-1211 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Power of Place: Psychology, Geography, and Community Memory in Ireland's Magdalene Laundries
This paper examines the complex interplay between memory, place, and the enduring impact of gendered violence in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries. By adopting a transdisciplinary sites-of-conscience approach that integrates psychology, geography, and community memory, this study explores the relationship between survivors, place, and culture, considering the spatial and societal contexts that shaped their lives. Central to this research is survivor …
The Socio-Materiality of Dirty Work: A Critical Realist Perspective
New materialist applications in 'dirty work' studies have rightly emphasised the importance of materiality alongside symbolism. However, these approaches have neglected important themes irreducible to the material world, such as temporality, reflexivity and social structure. This article develops an alternative critical realist perspective on socio-materiality in dirty work which emphasises these themes. It draws on 2016-2017 ethnographic data on…
Born digital or fossilised digitally? How born digital data systems continue the legacy of social violence towards LGBTQI + communities: A case study of experiences in the Republic of Ireland
The AI and Society discourse has previously drawn attention to the ways that digital systems embody the values of the technology development community from which they emerge through the development and deployment process. Research shows how this effect leads to a particular treatment of gender in computer systems development, a treatment which lags far behind the rich understanding of gender that social studies scholarship reveals and people acro…
The role of born digital data in confronting a difficult and contested past through digital storytelling: The Waterford Memories Project
European unification as lived memory: Shared and diverse representations in textbooks of six countries
Concerned about a lack of legitimacy, European Union (EU) institutions have increasingly engaged in memory politics to enhance European identity. Yet, memory of the EU is still closely connected to the collective identity formation of nation‐states, especially in the field of education, the focus of this study. Inspired by this dilemma, the present paper examines the representations of European unification in textbooks of six countries: Ireland, …
Advocacy and the Magdalene Laundries: Towards a psychology of social change
This article will describe how a project documenting interviews with survivors of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries explores the relationship between psychology and advocacy. The Waterford Memories Project focuses on documenting survivor narratives both for subsequent qualitative analysis and a publicly accessible record of the women’s experiences about events, which remain silenced and hidden in Irish society. The process of documenting the women’s …
Realist studies of oppression, emancipation and resistance
This article introduces two papers in a special section of this journal. It explains why realist studies of oppression, emancipation and resistance are needed. We trace the development of studies in this area, noting their Marxist roots, divergence with post-structural theorising and more recent critical realist advancements. We conclude by highlighting the weaknesses in studies of this area and by arguing that progress is important for understan…
Introduction: De/humanization and critical realism
This short paper introduces the special issue of the Journal of Critical Realism on de/humanisation and critical realism. It discusses the significance of studying contemporary processes of dehumanisation as well as attempts to reorganise groups, organisations and societies. It provides a sketchy summary of the contributions to the special issue by Douglas Porpora, Peter Kahn, LAkshman Vimalasena, Hans Despain, Harvey Shoolmann and Alan Norrie
Critical Essay: Meta-analysis: A critical realist critique and alternative
Meta-analysis has proved increasingly popular in management and organization studies as a way of combining existing empirical quantitative research to generate a statistical estimate of how strongly variables are associated. Whilst a number of studies identify technical, procedural and practical limitations of meta-analyses, none have yet tackled the meta-theoretical flaws in this approach. We deploy critical realist meta-theory to argue that the…
How can the loggerhead sea-turtle survive? Exploring the journeys of the Caretta caretta using ANT and critical realism
The endangered loggerhead sea-turtle ( Caretta caretta) nests on the shores of the Mediterranean, but faces threats to its existence from a variety of sources. Answering the question of how this species can survive is complex as it involves examining the relationships between the turtle, its natural environment, local tourists, property developers, conservation organisations, governments and law-makers. We argue that actor-network theory provides…
Critical Realism and the Self
This piece outlines the opportunities and obstacles to the application of critical realism to the study of the self. Based on a recent seminar on the subject, the paper discusses a number of diverse approaches to the application of critical realism to selfhood, identity and psychology. It is argued that for the social sciences, the political dangers of essentialism in studying the self require clear explication of how critical realist approaches …
Embracing essentialism: A realist critique of resistance to discursive power
This article argues that, contrary to its detractors, essentialism is a necessary concept in understanding resistance to managerial discourses. The article first suggests that essentialism, under a critical realist framing, need not suffer from the reductionism or determinism found in many 19th and 20th Century essentialized accounts of the self, arguing instead that the concept adds analytical power to explanatory theorizing. Next, taking three …
Constructing habitus: The negotiation of moral encounters at Telekom
This article uses Bourdieu's concept of habitus and a relational view of agency to illuminate the role of the actor in negotiating moral norms in organizations. Drawing upon case-study evidence from a major start-up company, the article illustrates how power, time and agency intertwine in a series of 'moral encounters'. It is argued that the outcomes of these reflexive negotiations feed into the creation of dispositions which inform the creation …
Embracing essentialism: A realist critique of resistance to discursive power
This article argues that, contrary to its detractors, essentialism is a necessary concept in understanding resistance to managerial discourses. The article first suggests that essentialism, under a critical realist framing, need not suffer from the reductionism or determinism found in many 19th and 20th Century essentialized accounts of the self, arguing instead that the concept adds analytical power to explanatory theorizing. Next, taking three …
Constructing habitus: The negotiation of moral encounters at Telekom
This article uses Bourdieu's concept of habitus and a relational view of agency to illuminate the role of the actor in negotiating moral norms in organizations. Drawing upon case-study evidence from a major start-up company, the article illustrates how power, time and agency intertwine in a series of 'moral encounters'. It is argued that the outcomes of these reflexive negotiations feed into the creation of dispositions which inform the creation …
Critical Essay: Meta-analysis: A critical realist critique and alternative
Meta-analysis has proved increasingly popular in management and organization studies as a way of combining existing empirical quantitative research to generate a statistical estimate of how strongly variables are associated. Whilst a number of studies identify technical, procedural and practical limitations of meta-analyses, none have yet tackled the meta-theoretical flaws in this approach. We deploy critical realist meta-theory to argue that the…
How can the loggerhead sea-turtle survive? Exploring the journeys of the Caretta caretta using ANT and critical realism
The endangered loggerhead sea-turtle ( Caretta caretta) nests on the shores of the Mediterranean, but faces threats to its existence from a variety of sources. Answering the question of how this species can survive is complex as it involves examining the relationships between the turtle, its natural environment, local tourists, property developers, conservation organisations, governments and law-makers. We argue that actor-network theory provides…
Critical Realism and the Self
This piece outlines the opportunities and obstacles to the application of critical realism to the study of the self. Based on a recent seminar on the subject, the paper discusses a number of diverse approaches to the application of critical realism to selfhood, identity and psychology. It is argued that for the social sciences, the political dangers of essentialism in studying the self require clear explication of how critical realist approaches …
Realist studies of oppression, emancipation and resistance
This article introduces two papers in a special section of this journal. It explains why realist studies of oppression, emancipation and resistance are needed. We trace the development of studies in this area, noting their Marxist roots, divergence with post-structural theorising and more recent critical realist advancements. We conclude by highlighting the weaknesses in studies of this area and by arguing that progress is important for understan…
The Socio-Materiality of Dirty Work: A Critical Realist Perspective
New materialist applications in 'dirty work' studies have rightly emphasised the importance of materiality alongside symbolism. However, these approaches have neglected important themes irreducible to the material world, such as temporality, reflexivity and social structure. This article develops an alternative critical realist perspective on socio-materiality in dirty work which emphasises these themes. It draws on 2016-2017 ethnographic data on…
Advocacy and the Magdalene Laundries: Towards a psychology of social change
This article will describe how a project documenting interviews with survivors of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries explores the relationship between psychology and advocacy. The Waterford Memories Project focuses on documenting survivor narratives both for subsequent qualitative analysis and a publicly accessible record of the women’s experiences about events, which remain silenced and hidden in Irish society. The process of documenting the women’s …
Constructing habitus: The negotiation of moral encounters at Telekom
This article uses Bourdieu's concept of habitus and a relational view of agency to illuminate the role of the actor in negotiating moral norms in organizations. Drawing upon case-study evidence from a major start-up company, the article illustrates how power, time and agency intertwine in a series of 'moral encounters'. It is argued that the outcomes of these reflexive negotiations feed into the creation of dispositions which inform the creation …
Critical Realism and the Self
This piece outlines the opportunities and obstacles to the application of critical realism to the study of the self. Based on a recent seminar on the subject, the paper discusses a number of diverse approaches to the application of critical realism to selfhood, identity and psychology. It is argued that for the social sciences, the political dangers of essentialism in studying the self require clear explication of how critical realist approaches …
Embracing essentialism: A realist critique of resistance to discursive power
This article argues that, contrary to its detractors, essentialism is a necessary concept in understanding resistance to managerial discourses. The article first suggests that essentialism, under a critical realist framing, need not suffer from the reductionism or determinism found in many 19th and 20th Century essentialized accounts of the self, arguing instead that the concept adds analytical power to explanatory theorizing. Next, taking three …
Critical Essay: Meta-analysis: A critical realist critique and alternative
Meta-analysis has proved increasingly popular in management and organization studies as a way of combining existing empirical quantitative research to generate a statistical estimate of how strongly variables are associated. Whilst a number of studies identify technical, procedural and practical limitations of meta-analyses, none have yet tackled the meta-theoretical flaws in this approach. We deploy critical realist meta-theory to argue that the…
How can the loggerhead sea-turtle survive? Exploring the journeys of the Caretta caretta using ANT and critical realism
The endangered loggerhead sea-turtle ( Caretta caretta) nests on the shores of the Mediterranean, but faces threats to its existence from a variety of sources. Answering the question of how this species can survive is complex as it involves examining the relationships between the turtle, its natural environment, local tourists, property developers, conservation organisations, governments and law-makers. We argue that actor-network theory provides…
Introduction: De/humanization and critical realism
This short paper introduces the special issue of the Journal of Critical Realism on de/humanisation and critical realism. It discusses the significance of studying contemporary processes of dehumanisation as well as attempts to reorganise groups, organisations and societies. It provides a sketchy summary of the contributions to the special issue by Douglas Porpora, Peter Kahn, LAkshman Vimalasena, Hans Despain, Harvey Shoolmann and Alan Norrie
Advocacy and the Magdalene Laundries: Towards a psychology of social change
This article will describe how a project documenting interviews with survivors of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries explores the relationship between psychology and advocacy. The Waterford Memories Project focuses on documenting survivor narratives both for subsequent qualitative analysis and a publicly accessible record of the women’s experiences about events, which remain silenced and hidden in Irish society. The process of documenting the women’s …
Realist studies of oppression, emancipation and resistance
This article introduces two papers in a special section of this journal. It explains why realist studies of oppression, emancipation and resistance are needed. We trace the development of studies in this area, noting their Marxist roots, divergence with post-structural theorising and more recent critical realist advancements. We conclude by highlighting the weaknesses in studies of this area and by arguing that progress is important for understan…
European unification as lived memory: Shared and diverse representations in textbooks of six countries
Concerned about a lack of legitimacy, European Union (EU) institutions have increasingly engaged in memory politics to enhance European identity. Yet, memory of the EU is still closely connected to the collective identity formation of nation‐states, especially in the field of education, the focus of this study. Inspired by this dilemma, the present paper examines the representations of European unification in textbooks of six countries: Ireland, …
Born digital or fossilised digitally? How born digital data systems continue the legacy of social violence towards LGBTQI + communities: A case study of experiences in the Republic of Ireland
The AI and Society discourse has previously drawn attention to the ways that digital systems embody the values of the technology development community from which they emerge through the development and deployment process. Research shows how this effect leads to a particular treatment of gender in computer systems development, a treatment which lags far behind the rich understanding of gender that social studies scholarship reveals and people acro…
The role of born digital data in confronting a difficult and contested past through digital storytelling: The Waterford Memories Project
The Socio-Materiality of Dirty Work: A Critical Realist Perspective
New materialist applications in 'dirty work' studies have rightly emphasised the importance of materiality alongside symbolism. However, these approaches have neglected important themes irreducible to the material world, such as temporality, reflexivity and social structure. This article develops an alternative critical realist perspective on socio-materiality in dirty work which emphasises these themes. It draws on 2016-2017 ethnographic data on…
The Power of Place: Psychology, Geography, and Community Memory in Ireland's Magdalene Laundries
This paper examines the complex interplay between memory, place, and the enduring impact of gendered violence in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries. By adopting a transdisciplinary sites-of-conscience approach that integrates psychology, geography, and community memory, this study explores the relationship between survivors, place, and culture, considering the spatial and societal contexts that shaped their lives. Central to this research is survivor …
Sociology (12 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Critical Realism in Sociology (7 works) · Management and Organizational Studies (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Realism (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works)