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Research interests
My research is practice-based, working towards the development of a poetic memoir. This writing is a crip ecofeminist reflection on trauma and bereavement, addressing my own experiences of disability and gender-based violence, and finding parallels and affinities with the violence, trauma, and disablement that characterises ecocide, anthropocentrism, and the ideologies of climate catastrophe. As part of my commitment to crip / neuroqueer writing, I am exploring the political and intellectual significance of hybrid forms of writing, particularly those that can be defined as both critical and creative. This interest is equally informed by ecofeminist understandings of the human/nature binary, and how these categories might intersect with other binarisms both within and outside of the academy.
Among other methods, my writing is developed through a practice of walking-with non-human others. As well as an interest in the non-human as plant and animal, my work investigates the inhuman in notions of hauntedness, spectrality, and the supernatural. These are explored through a nueroqueer lens, and negotiated alongside understandings of eco-trauma as an experience of the uncanny.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Borderline as Ecological Figure: Towards a Multispecies Poetic of Madness
O'Malley, A., 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Mad Ecopoetics as Resistance: Restor[y]ing Multispecies Relationships through a Borderline-Centred Art Practice
O'Malley, A., 6 Nov 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
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Magpie Chatter in the Barley Field After Harvest: A Display of Poetry, Asemic Writing and Marks
O'Malley, A., 6 Nov 2025Research output: Non-textual output › Exhibition
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Open Access
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For the peregrines of Offham Chalk Pit
O'Malley, A., 26 Oct 2024, Ink Sweat and Tears.Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
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Beyond the Pastoral
O'Malley-Woods, A. (Organiser)
9 Oct 2025 → 10 Oct 2025Activity: Events › Conference
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A Grand Narratives Day Out
Jones, J. (Organiser), Yu, R. (Participant), Teper, O. (Participant), Pedersen, E. (Participant), O'Malley-Woods, A. (Participant), Humphrey, D. (Participant), Khan, G. H. (Participant), Nasir, S. (Participant), Collins, E. (Participant), Moriarty, J. (Participant), Norman Mason, J. (Participant) & Hinkins, L. (Participant)
23 May 2025 → 6 Jun 2025Activity: Events › Event
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Exploring Tarot-Led Research Practice
O'Malley-Woods, A. (Organiser)
13 Dec 2024Activity: Events › Workshop
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Festival for the Summer Solstice
Wells, E. (Organiser), O'Malley-Woods, A. (Organiser), Rae, J. (Organiser), Kennedy, N. (Organiser), Moriarty, J. (Organiser), Khan, G. H. (Participant), Pedersen, E. (Participant), Prosser, B. (Participant), Richards, A. (Participant) & Thornton, I. (Participant)
26 Jun 2024Activity: Events › Conference
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