Christopher O''Neill
Biographic Data
| ID | 3790342 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher O''Neill |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | O''Neill |
| SIGNATURE | NEILL C O |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5396-2217 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
When algorithmic management was new: Engineered standards and the managerial prerogative in Australia
In this article we analyse the significance for critical logistics studies of a neglected chapter in industrial relations history, the introduction of so-called ‘Engineered Standards’ into the Australian food and groceries sector in the late 1980s and early 1990s. We argue that this episode was decisive in establishing the conditions which have allowed algorithmic management to flourish in Australia in more recent years. We argue for the signific…
New worlds of logistical labour: Spaces, places, technologies, workers
This Special Issue offers new research on the dynamic interaction and interdependence of global logistics with spaces of labour, including work, workers, organisations and workers’ communities. It presents ten articles that emphasise the changing nature of logistical labour in the context of radical technological transformation and changing spatial and social configurations. Spanning diverse geographical contexts across five continents, the colle…
The scandal that shocked the world”: Conspirituality and online scam ads
“The scandal that shocked the world”: conspirituality and online scam ads
Disaster, facial recognition technology, and the problem of the corpse
The overlapping disasters of the Australian 2019–2020 bushfire season and the COVID-19 pandemic, figured alongside the imaginary of projected future disasters, have provided a space of legitimation to experiment with controversial facial recognition technologies (FRTs). Drawing upon interviews conducted with senior Australian government administrators and researchers, I argue that FRTs are being used to respond to the trauma of disaster through i…
‘Ethical Biometrics’ and the Face of the Child: The Surveillance of Children Within Facial Recognition Industry Discourse
In this paper we analyse data gathered through facial recognition tradeshow ethnographies and interviews with members of the biometrics industry, as we consider recent shifts in industry discourse towards promoting the ‘ethical’ use of biometric technology. As the biometrics industry increasingly moves towards a ‘Video Surveillance as a Service’ (VSaaS) model, the study of facial recognition infrastructures is becoming a crucial aspect of the int…
Sleep mode: Mobile apps and the optimisation of sleep-wake rhythms
This article contributes to the critical analysis of sleep and its technological mediation by analysing how sleep is modulated through mobile applications. Drawing on an analysis of the features in the most popular sleep apps in the Apple App store, this paper investigates the dominant types of sleep apps available for everyday use. We analyse how their functions implicate sleeping bodies within new patterns of management and optimisation. We sho…
Haptic media and the cultural techniques of touch: The sphygmograph, photoplethysmography and the Apple Watch
This article draws upon cultural techniques theory to propose an approach to studying haptic media as media technologies which train or discipline touch and which serve to produce touch itself as a coherent and ‘proper’ communicative technology. This article analyses the different forms of touch which have coalesced around the sphygmograph, a nineteenth-century pulse writing technology, and photoplethysmography, a contemporary heart rate–measurin…
Taylorism, the European Science of Work, and the Quantified Self at Work
While the Quantified Self has often been described as a contemporary iteration of Taylorism, this article argues that a more accurate comparison is to be made with what Anson Rabinbach has termed the “European Science of Work.” The European Science of Work sought to modify Taylor’s rigid and schematic understanding of the laboring body through the incorporation of insights drawn from the rich European tradition of physiological studies. This “sof…
Nicknames: Their Origins and Social Consequences
Taylorism, the European Science of Work, and the Quantified Self at Work
While the Quantified Self has often been described as a contemporary iteration of Taylorism, this article argues that a more accurate comparison is to be made with what Anson Rabinbach has termed the “European Science of Work.” The European Science of Work sought to modify Taylor’s rigid and schematic understanding of the laboring body through the incorporation of insights drawn from the rich European tradition of physiological studies. This “sof…
Haptic media and the cultural techniques of touch: The sphygmograph, photoplethysmography and the Apple Watch
This article draws upon cultural techniques theory to propose an approach to studying haptic media as media technologies which train or discipline touch and which serve to produce touch itself as a coherent and ‘proper’ communicative technology. This article analyses the different forms of touch which have coalesced around the sphygmograph, a nineteenth-century pulse writing technology, and photoplethysmography, a contemporary heart rate–measurin…
Disaster, facial recognition technology, and the problem of the corpse
The overlapping disasters of the Australian 2019–2020 bushfire season and the COVID-19 pandemic, figured alongside the imaginary of projected future disasters, have provided a space of legitimation to experiment with controversial facial recognition technologies (FRTs). Drawing upon interviews conducted with senior Australian government administrators and researchers, I argue that FRTs are being used to respond to the trauma of disaster through i…
Nicknames: Their Origins and Social Consequences
Haptic media and the cultural techniques of touch: The sphygmograph, photoplethysmography and the Apple Watch
This article draws upon cultural techniques theory to propose an approach to studying haptic media as media technologies which train or discipline touch and which serve to produce touch itself as a coherent and ‘proper’ communicative technology. This article analyses the different forms of touch which have coalesced around the sphygmograph, a nineteenth-century pulse writing technology, and photoplethysmography, a contemporary heart rate–measurin…
Taylorism, the European Science of Work, and the Quantified Self at Work
While the Quantified Self has often been described as a contemporary iteration of Taylorism, this article argues that a more accurate comparison is to be made with what Anson Rabinbach has termed the “European Science of Work.” The European Science of Work sought to modify Taylor’s rigid and schematic understanding of the laboring body through the incorporation of insights drawn from the rich European tradition of physiological studies. This “sof…
Sleep mode: Mobile apps and the optimisation of sleep-wake rhythms
This article contributes to the critical analysis of sleep and its technological mediation by analysing how sleep is modulated through mobile applications. Drawing on an analysis of the features in the most popular sleep apps in the Apple App store, this paper investigates the dominant types of sleep apps available for everyday use. We analyse how their functions implicate sleeping bodies within new patterns of management and optimisation. We sho…
‘Ethical Biometrics’ and the Face of the Child: The Surveillance of Children Within Facial Recognition Industry Discourse
In this paper we analyse data gathered through facial recognition tradeshow ethnographies and interviews with members of the biometrics industry, as we consider recent shifts in industry discourse towards promoting the ‘ethical’ use of biometric technology. As the biometrics industry increasingly moves towards a ‘Video Surveillance as a Service’ (VSaaS) model, the study of facial recognition infrastructures is becoming a crucial aspect of the int…
Disaster, facial recognition technology, and the problem of the corpse
The overlapping disasters of the Australian 2019–2020 bushfire season and the COVID-19 pandemic, figured alongside the imaginary of projected future disasters, have provided a space of legitimation to experiment with controversial facial recognition technologies (FRTs). Drawing upon interviews conducted with senior Australian government administrators and researchers, I argue that FRTs are being used to respond to the trauma of disaster through i…
When algorithmic management was new: Engineered standards and the managerial prerogative in Australia
In this article we analyse the significance for critical logistics studies of a neglected chapter in industrial relations history, the introduction of so-called ‘Engineered Standards’ into the Australian food and groceries sector in the late 1980s and early 1990s. We argue that this episode was decisive in establishing the conditions which have allowed algorithmic management to flourish in Australia in more recent years. We argue for the signific…
New worlds of logistical labour: Spaces, places, technologies, workers
This Special Issue offers new research on the dynamic interaction and interdependence of global logistics with spaces of labour, including work, workers, organisations and workers’ communities. It presents ten articles that emphasise the changing nature of logistical labour in the context of radical technological transformation and changing spatial and social configurations. Spanning diverse geographical contexts across five continents, the colle…
The scandal that shocked the world”: Conspirituality and online scam ads
“The scandal that shocked the world”: conspirituality and online scam ads
Sociology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Internet privacy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works)