Tara Brabazon podcast

We need - right now - a complex and intricate theorization of power and the state. Louis Althusser provides scholars and citizens with that theorization. Steve and Tara, in this sixth podcast in Theoretical Times, discuss Louis Althusser and why he is returning to intellectual fashion.

How do we align and enhance conventional scientific knowledge and indigenous knowledges? Nicholas Ruddell has taken on this challenge for his PhD. His goal is to help students and teachers align and combine world views to create an intellectual environment of excitement, motivation, knowledge and social justice.

What role should early childhood educators hold in play? Tara talks with Kelly Tribolet about how to increase the movement, confidence and skill of children as they move their bodies through space.

Anne has entered the analogue and digital archive to follow the traces of Terence Johnson. Most famous for his book Professions and Power, Anne is exploring with Tara and Steve how much of this sociologist's career has survived in the present.

Anne talks with Tara and Steve about her professionalism research in early childhood education. This has been a crucial week. Anne has captured the key argument of her main theorist. She knows him so well, she can tweet her thesis statement.

Dr Kristina Gottschall, from Charles Sturt University's School of Indigenous Australian Studies, explores the role, purpose and trajectory of 'the black kid' in Australian cinema.

Elly Singer is an Associate Professor at the University of Utrecht Department of Developmental Psychology and University of Amsterdam Department of Education. She delivered a seminar for the School of Teacher Education at Charles Sturt University exploring play and the building of relationships between children and teachers.

What are the most effective media platforms for university academics? Steve Redhead and Tara explore which social media platforms are best for academics at each stage of their career.

Tara talks with Daniel Purnell and Graham Daniel about Daniel's successful completion of his education degree. Coming from Lithgow and participating in an international mobility programme, Daniel talks about the successes and challenges of his degree and the hopes for the future.

When do doctoral students have enough theory in their research? Can it be too much? Steve Redhead and Tara Brabazon talk with Anne McLeod about how to balance theoretical perspectives in her PhD.