

Tara Brabazon podcast
Tara Brabazon
Tara Brabazon explores popular culture and education, and the relationship between them.
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Nov 13, 2015 • 7min
Mark Brown 6 - Light, darkness, movement and colour
Mark, Steve and Tara talk about how Mark is building his artefact. The use of light, dark, movement and colour is aligning meaning systems and movement systems.

Nov 13, 2015 • 12min
Mick Winter 26 - Play it again, Mick
Mick, Tara and Steve entered Mick's meme research - in detail. We started with Casablanca and probed why it is famous - and why it remains famous.

Nov 13, 2015 • 8min
Sunny Rue Chivaura 4 - Guess who is famous?
Sunny, Steve and Tara talk about Sunny's rather fabulous week in the media. We talk about the role of these interviews and articles in doctoral research and how powerful research about race can be transformative for rural and regional Australia.

Nov 7, 2015 • 5min
Anne McLeod 36 - Enjoying the view but is back on the motorway
Anne and Steve talk about the value of side roads in a doctorate - to gain experience and expertise - but also recognize why focus, clarity and a clear spine of argument is integral to a doctorate.

Nov 7, 2015 • 6min
Mark Brown 5 - Annotated bibliographies for busy doctoral studients
Mark and Steve evaluate Mark's strategy for doctoral management, to pinch a few hours and develop annotated bibliographies.

Nov 6, 2015 • 5min
Sunny Rue Chivaura 3 - Sunny and Steve talk Scousers (and oral history)
Sunny and Steve discuss the deep and wide benefits of oral history - even in a digital age - in valuing and validating the voice of migrants.

Nov 6, 2015 • 6min
Mick Winter 25 - Different academic styles of writing
Mick and Steve talk about the relationship between journalistic and academic modes of writing. What is the relationship, and how can journalism become more academic - and academic writing reveal the accessibility of journalism?

Nov 6, 2015 • 8min
Steve goes solo
Steve and Tara explore the challenges of co-supervision and the advantages of - every now and again - going solo.

Oct 30, 2015 • 8min
Anne McLeod 35 - Writing through the problem
Anne, Steve and Tara discuss how to manage the cul-de-sacs of doctoral life. They talk about how to manage the complexity of theory in a thesis while writing in a volatile environment for early childhood education.

Oct 30, 2015 • 7min
Mark Brown 4 - Big life - big job - what about the thesis
Mark, Tara and Steve talk PhD strategy. How do we find those impossible hours for a doctorate in an already over-stuffed life?


