Tara Brabazon podcast

Maive and Tara (over)share the stress of preparing for the Confirmation of Candidature.  It is a tough event in the life of PhD students.  But it is a proof of concept and not an examination...

Tara and Maive talk about literature reviews, and particularly how they can be constructed within the parameters of the artefact and exegesis PhD

As Maive is moving towards her Confirmation of Candidature, she is working on her report that will be assessed by assessors. What are the requirements of that document?  What headings will make a difference?

A PhD requires commitment:  of time and energy.  But it also requires a commitment to take a risk, and be courageous.  Maive and Tara talk about the commitment to ideas, and a commitment to a mode of writing.  And why that commitment matters to the form and content of research.

How do supervisors provide the context, the frame and the shape for student learning?  One rather unusual method is creating a soundscape for supervisors and students to share.  Tara and Maive talk about summoning 1975 through doctoral research and the power of supervisory soundscapes.

Maive, Tara and Jamie talk about how students can handle feedback, with attention to creating a record of learning for future publications and dissemnation.  The also talk about the different modes of feedback for the artefacts and exegeses in doctoral education.

How do we think about, remember, summon and research a place that no longer exists?  How do we understand an historic place?  Maive, Tara and Jamie talk about a past of meaning, resonance and power, without nostalgia. 

Maive and Tara talk about the importance of reading in rebooting and freshening a PhD process.  Reading new ideas and research can transform not only the writing process, but how the thesis is structured.

Welcome to our first podcast, introducing Maive's PhD thesis.  What is a creative PhD?  How is she structuring her research?  

Tara and Jamie talk about 'the suitcase scientist.'  They explore the synchrotron and its role, not only in scientific discovery but also urban, regional and national development.  How can mobile scientists enable mobile knowledge?