Tara Brabazon podcast
Tara Brabazon
Tara Brabazon explores popular culture and education, and the relationship between them.
Episodes
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Feb 4, 2012 • 4min
Why are literature reviews so boring?
Tara asks her 4th year students at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology about why literature reviews are so boring. Her students offer options to enliven and excite this dull section of a research project.
Feb 4, 2012 • 3min
Sammy Kyereme talks with Tara about his research project on J. Cole
Sammy talks with Tara about his project on J. Cole and how knowledge from popular music can shape and inform social debates.
Feb 4, 2012 • 6min
Victor Karanja shares with Tara the new developments in his multiculturalism and multiliteracy project
Victor updates Tara on his multiliteracy and multiculturalism project. He explores the potential and challenges in attaching Canadian bilingualism to a multiliteracy agenda.
Jan 29, 2012 • 24min
Leanne McRae and Tara talk about the start and end of research projects
Leanne and Tara talk about beginnings and endings. They explore how to start a research project and how to evaluate its success.
Jan 29, 2012 • 6min
Matthew Homer and Tara explore creative-led research
Matthew Homer talks with Tara about the special type of research that emerges through creative-led projects. Matt explores how these projects are formed, the risks and challenges, and also the great gifts they offer to researchers through their careers.
Jan 29, 2012 • 5min
Henry Huang talks with Tara about his Manga project
Henry Huang is completing a research project on Manga. He talks with Tara about how technology is 'managed' within Manga, with attention to both its utopic and dystopic interpretations.
Jan 28, 2012 • 5min
Students explore how Communication Studies enhances a discussion of research methods
Most discussions of research methods are hooked into the social sciences and the sciences. Yet what can Communication Studies bring to an investigation of research methods? In this podcast, undergraduate students completing their final project explore the nature of this contribution and the specificity of humanities scholarship.
Jan 27, 2012 • 9min
Matthew Ingram and Tara discuss taking ownership and responsibility for research
Dr Matthew Ingram and Tara explore the challenges that confront students during a research project. Matt argues that understanding the research process and taking responsibility for it are key characteristics of success.
Jan 25, 2012 • 3min
Nicole Grifoni talks to Tara about her research project on Drake
Nicole Grifoni is conducting a research project on Drake. She is interested in how popular knowledges about heterosexual relationships are activated in his audience to create social change.
Jan 25, 2012 • 5min
Nada Kabbara introduce Tara to her research on religious extremism and tolerance
Nada Kabbara is enrolled as a 4th year student at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Tara talks with her about religious extremism, religious tolerance and how we create socially just communication systems.
