Tara Brabazon podcast

Anne, Steve and Tara talk about the reasons for the disempowerment of children and early childhood educators.  Anne's focus is to think about equity and justice. 

Tara talks with Michele Jarldorn about her PhD research, exploring the use of photovoice with former prisoners.

Tara talks with Matthew Bennett a doctoral candidate at Flinders University.  Matt's thesis is currently under examination, and he used this time to reflect on his topic:  investigating adults with Asperger syndrome.  He explores their role in the workplace and also the specific challenges faced in personal relationships.

Glory Gatwiri, a soon-to-be completed doctoral candidate at Flinders University, talks with Tara about her research with women managing vaginal fistula.  Her goal is to break the silence around women's sexuality and health to create empowerment for women in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Tara shares her short induction speech for PhD students right at the start of the candidature.  What advice would your future self - the you that has completed a PhD - offer to you on the day of your induction?

Tara and Steve continue their conversation about Cultural Studies.  In this podcast they explore the role of the creative industries in the 'decline' of Cultural Studies.  Is there any way to resurrect Cultural Studies and the creative industries, or is it time for an intellectual divorce?

Tara and Steve talk about the PhD confirmation of candidature.  What is the CoC?  What value does it have to quality assurance and the andragogical development of our doctoral candidates?  

Tara, Anne and Steve discuss Guy Standing's precariat and how the early childhood educator fits into such a category and concept.

Mark, Tara and Steve talk through the deep and profound challenges of part-time doctoral candidature.  How do we manage the stress while the clock is ticking, particularly when a confirmation of candidature is pending?  We develop some strategies.

Steve, Tara and Mick explore the role and challenges of big chapters in a PhD.  Should a big chapter be split?  Should it be submitted as a coherent whole?  We explore why size does matter in PhD chapters.

Sunny, Steve and Tara talk about the challenges when moving into the final year of a PhD.  It is important to maintain motivation, but also recognize the work that is still required alongside the work already completed.

Steve and Tara have an announcement to make.  They also talk about the past, present and future of cultural studies.

Tara hosts a very special event in Brisbane, talking with women in higher education.  We discuss the challenges for women in the neoliberal university, but express shared strategies and goals for the future of our institutions.

Tara shares her workshop presentation at CQU's Research Higher Degrees event.  She present strategies for increasing the speed of doctoral candidature.  The audience - in both Rockhampton and Melbourne - offer their strategies for rapid doctoral completion.

How have disintermediated media transformed doctoral education?  How can disintermediated media enable a productive, fair, rigorous, transparent and compassionate relationship between supervisor and doctoral candidate?  Tara shares her keynote address for Central Queensland University's Research Higher Degree Event, held in February 2016.

As Anne's work turns to the discussion of equity and the professions, Steve and Tara acknowledge Anne's fascinating andragogical strategies, using sound and sonic recordings to scaffold her argument.

Mark, Tara and Steve explore - and expose - the specific challenges when configuring a confirmation of candidature document for creative-led doctoral theses.

Tara, Steve and Mick talk about the challenges of doctoral research, particularly encircling the phrase 'an original contribution to knowledge.'

Sunny, Steve and Tara talk about the use of sound to create a thinking space for doctoral education, particularly enlivening oral history methods.

How do you examine a PhD for the first time?  What are your expectations, assumptions and perspectives?  Are you confusing your personal experiences of completing a doctorate with the requirements of doctoral examination? Steve and Tara ask why - so often - the most inexperienced examiners are the harshest.  This podcast offers both training and an intervention to ensure that excellence and the ma...

What is a subculture and is this concept of relevance to the contemporary social sciences and humanities?  Tara and Steve discuss subcultures and postsubcultures and ask if style remains resistive.

Mick, Steve and Tara work through Mick's analysis of famous moments of filmic dialogue.  At the moment, Mick is finding some patterning, but nothing definitive.  Meanwhile, Steve and Tara attempt to preserve Mick's sanity as he applies the crystal meth of methods:  content analysis.

Sunny, Steve and Tara talk about the next crucial stage of her project:  the oral history interviews.  They discuss the different mode and styles of interviews and the rich data that can be gained through oral historiography.

Tara and Steve introduce a new concept, trope and theory:  deviant leisure cultures.

Sunny and Tara discuss how to handle oral history testimony in a digital age.