Tara Brabazon podcast

The Significant Original Contribution to Knowledge is the defining attribute of a PhD.  But how is it created?  This week, Suz and Tara talk about how a SOCK is built - and formed.

Internationalism is so important to life, universities and the development of knowledge.  This week, Priscilla and Tara talk about the gift and power of internationalization, even - particularly - in xenophobic times.

Tara talks with her friend and colleague Emily Wong, from Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, about her recently published article, "Reactive Protection: Building Child-Save Systems for Hong Kong's Future." It is a great provocation of an article, transforming our thinking about the rights of children, and the daily and institutional care for the child. Inspirational. To read Emily's fine article -...

What does it mean to have a career 'break'?  What is a career 'interruption'?  Professor Priscilla Dunk-West and I talk about the idea of 'interruption' - and what we learn about a working life through it... And - indeed - a life...

This week, Tara and Suzanne talk about that pivotal decision.  The decision to do a doctorate.  How is that decision made, and what information is required to make it?

How does an individual, collective and community transform in tough times? Kelly and Tara talk about how infrastructures of care can transform individuals and their relationships with the world. This is a delicate conversation about land, gardens and encounters beyond 'the human.' Let's talk about collectives of care. To read Kelly's fabulous article, please refer to this link: https://www.science...

Interviews and surveys are common in qualitative research. But Suzanne has constructed her interviews in a completely original way. Multimodal.  Textured.  This week, we talk about the role of silence in interviews.  How do we understand and value silence?  How do we render it meaningful in research?

This week, Suzanne and Tara talk about interviewing in research. In qualitative methods, it often seems a default strategy for data collection. Suzanne talks about how she approached interviews through a different lens.

Our needs and goals are - so frequently - marginalized to enable the life and career of others.  How do we transform this balance between our aims and hopes - and the imperatives of others?

Welcome to our first conversation with Suzanne Morch-Lassen. Suzanne has one year to go on her PhD. Let's share this time.

Tara and Priscilla discuss the odd and unique isolation and atomization in academic life.

How do we balance the emotions of care with the labour of care? To answer this question, Tara and Kelly talk about Kelly's article titled "Communities of Care in the Nitty-Gritty of Commons-Work." The article is available to read from here: https://www.torrossa.com/en/resources/an/5956217

Making changes in our lives.  It is difficult.  But how do we decide when to make those changes?  And what evidence is useful to these transformations?

Tara and Priscilla talk about the challenges and difficulties when we compare ourselves with others.

Tara talks with Kelly about 'transitional commoning,' from her article titled, 'Can the commons be temporary?'  This discussion reveals how - even through disasters - life and transformations can emerge.  This research article is available here - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13549839.2019.1567480  

Tara and Priscilla talk about bodies. And teaching.  And learning.  In supposedly digital times.

Priscilla and Tara talk about how to enhance teaching and learning in these strange times for international higher education.

In this first conversation with Professor Kelly Dombroski, we explore her book chapter written with Dr Oona Morrow, exploring postcapitalist politics in and through life work.  (The chapter is available here via Google Books:  https://books.google.co.nz/books?hl=en&lr=&id=0MVgEQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA82&dq=Postcapitalist+politics+through+the+sites+and+practices+of+life+work&ots=PiwxHSpCht&sig=23Uz_5QX...

So often teaching and learning are minimized or reduced, in favour of the major research project, or big grant. This week, Priscilla and Tara talk about the power of teaching and learning, to enliven our universities.

Impact and engagement.  These words pump through our universities.  But what do them mean?

Tara and Priscilla talk about momentum, and how to build a research career, against the odds.

Tara and Priscilla discuss how to build authentic and meaning community links, beyond the superficial metrics and the platitudes.

The news reports discussing universities around the world are negative.  Horrific.  Concerning.  This week, Priscilla and Tara talk about how to - against the odds - build a positive academic culture, to enable growth, development and opportunities.

Tara and Priscilla talk about the power and importance of role clarity and boundary management in our professional lives.

This is a recorded presentation of Tara's From SoTL to SoS and Beyond for the College Development Network in Scotland.