

Tara Brabazon podcast
Tara Brabazon
Tara Brabazon explores popular culture and education, and the relationship between them.
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Jul 5, 2014 • 12min
Mick Winter 6 The Small Doctorate Is The Best Doctorate
Mick and Tara are without Steve this week's meeting. Mick, Tara and Steve have been wrestling with the limitations and boundaries of Mick's thesis. This podcast captures a moment of decision and resolution.

Jun 26, 2014 • 1h 4min
Is The Conservatorium Model Relevant To 21st Century regional Australia
Graham Sattler, the executive director of the Mitchell Conservatorium, presents a public lecture exploring the role of a conservatorium in social, cultural, economic and regional development.

Jun 22, 2014 • 14min
Theoretical Times - Jean Baudrillard
Tara talks with Steve Redhead about Jean Baudrillard. The 'postmodern' label applied to Baudrillard has underplayed his complexity and role in the contemporary academy.

Jun 22, 2014 • 10min
Teaching Law Through Podcasting
Steve Redhead and Tara talk about the value of podcasts in the teaching of law and legal studies. Particularly when teaching legal theory and inter-disciplinary legal studies, podcasts have great value.

Jun 18, 2014 • 12min
Anne McLeod 20 - Types and Tropes
Anne, Steve and Tara are together in Bathurst. And what an explosive session. We talk about Weber and Johnson, types and tropes. A major moment in the thesis.

Jun 9, 2014 • 13min
Theoretical Times - Lucio Colletti
Tara Brabazon and Steve Redhead introduce 'theoretical times' with a discussion of Lucio Colletti.

Jun 8, 2014 • 9min
Anne McLeod 19 - Shaping Johnson
Steve and Tara talk with Anne McLeod, exploring how she will theorize and shape her historiography of Terence Johnson's Professions and Power.

Jun 3, 2014 • 10min
Mick Winter 5 - Liquid Mick
A very special day for Mick, Tara and Steve. While we started reviewing meme theories, Zygmunt Bauman's liquid metaphors flowed into the discussion. Are meme's sticky?

May 27, 2014 • 46min
PhD by podcasts
Tara introduces Anne McLeod's seminar on PhDs by podcasts, from the perspective of the doctoral candidate. The question time explores how doctoral writing and examination will transform as podcasting permeates doctoral education

May 25, 2014 • 10min
Mick Winter 4 Hacking Through The Doctoral Jungle
Mick, Steve and Tara talk through that difficult stage of the doctorate when there is so much to read - and so little time!