Tara Brabazon podcast

Sonic memos.  Sonic notetaking.  But what can sound recording 'do' for our intellectual work?  Let's talk about sound, speed and scholarship.

Maive, Jamie and Tara explore psychogeography.  Specifically, we probe 'drift.'  We have discovered a key theory and trope.  This session explores a distinctive way of thinking about PhD supervision, and the gift of weekly meetings.

How do we understand - how do we research - despair?  Case and Deaton explored 'Deaths of Despair'.  But how can Maive explore despair while theorizing the historical transformations of class? 

Maive, Jamie and Tara explore Case and Deaton's "Deaths of Despair."  How can this theory enable Maive's research into King's Cross in the 1970s?

Jamie joins Maive and Tara to discuss the complexities of supervisory relationships, especially when supervisors are married. They explore controversies surrounding this issue from a student's perspective, emphasizing the importance of clear boundaries and effective communication in academic partnerships.

Maive and Tara talk about standards, particularly early in a candidature.  When is enough work - enough?

Managing disappointment is a necessity to survive in life.  But during a PhD, disappointment creates a wash of emotions and internal dialogues.  This week, Maive and Tara talk about how to manage disappointment each day, and throughout a candidature.

Maive, Tara and Jamie explore how soundscapes can offer interventions in PhD supervision, providing support, feedback and sensory memory.

Maive and Tara talk about the complexity and volatility of higher education, and the impact of that volatility on higher degree students.

Tara and Maive enter claustropolitanism.  What is the impact of despair, the sense that the world is ending, on how we live our lives?