Tara Brabazon podcast
Tara Brabazon
Tara Brabazon explores popular culture and education, and the relationship between them.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Oct 30, 2014 • 51min
Mick Winter 11 - Mocking the meme
Now is the moment. Steve and Tara conduct Mick Winter's 'mock': a practice run for his confirmation of doctoral candidature.
Oct 29, 2014 • 9min
Making the leap to university 5 - success
Tara talks with Linda Hampstead about how to be successful in the first year at university.
Oct 29, 2014 • 11min
Making the leap to university 4 - reading and notetaking
Tara talks with Linda Hampstead about the importance of reading and note taking for first year university students.
Oct 29, 2014 • 12min
Making the leap to university 3 - why attend class
Tara talks with Linda Hampstead about the first year experience in universities and why attendance is crucial to academic success.
Oct 29, 2014 • 15min
Making the leap to university 2 - the key challenges facing students arriving on campus
Tara Brabazon talks with Linda Hampstead to address the key challenges that confront students when they arrive on a university campus.
Oct 29, 2014 • 13min
Making the leap to university 1 - understanding the transition
Tara talks with Linda Hampstead about the transition from school to university, work to university and family commitments to study. What are the challenges and opportunities when moving to higher education.
Oct 27, 2014 • 49min
Ways that early childhood educators negotiate complexity in their practice
Tamara Cumming presents her soon-to-be completed doctoral research in the School of Teacher Education Seminar Series. Deploying the theories of Deleuze and Guattari, she explores how early childhood educators manage complexity in their workplace and practice.
Oct 26, 2014 • 19min
Theoretical times - Paul Virilio
What do technology, speed, war, bunkers and architecture have in common? All are interests of Paul Virilio. Tara talks with Steve Redhead about Virilio, understanding his specific place in these theoretical times. Two references were logged in this podcast. Steve's article on Virilio and Parent (http://pi.library.yorku.ca/ojs/index.php/topia/article/view/460/12278) and the film Beyond the Bunker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogwHNYSSe9Q&list=UUhI8hFnlCcKDk-U3au4uCvA).
6 snips
Oct 26, 2014 • 23min
Publications during the PhD
Exploring the balance between completing a PhD and publishing articles, prioritizing the doctorate, networking versus academic meritocracy debate, research plans and publishing priorities, challenges of authorship and ownership in collaborative projects during doctoral education
Oct 26, 2014 • 22min
The creative doctorate
What is the role of creativity in a PhD programme? Tara and Steve probe the troubling terrain of the creative doctorate. Investigating the DCA (the Doctor of Creative Arts) and the PhD composed of an artefact and exegesis, they explore the challenges of standards, standardization and quality.
