Tara Brabazon podcast

Tara talks with Dr Lindy King, the Associate Dean (Research Higher Degrees).  They discuss the development of a research culture and the specificity of the disciplines, paradigms, theories and approa…

Tara talks Sunny and Steve off the theoretical balcony after Brexit.  They talk about what the Brexit means to our understandings of race, conservatism and little Englishness.

Tara talks with the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Flinders University.  The students express their strategies to complete a rapid PhD thesis while managing the challenges of work and family.

Tara. Sam and Mel talk about the PhD, love and relationships.

Tara and Karen Jacobs talk about the processes and procedures required to exam a PhD. Tara and Karen talk about the selection of examiners and how to ensure that the PhD is ready to be assessed and p…

Tara talks through the punctuation of a supervisory relationship.  She probes the expectations, assumptions, motivations, disappointments and satisfactions that organize and shape successful and fail…

Steve and Tara talk with Sunny Rue Chivaura and Glory Gatwiri, exploring the book Policing the Crisis. What is the use and value of this book now, in a time of asylum seekers, hyper racism, sexism an…

Tara presents a podcast version of her seminar that introduces social media options for academics.

Tara introduces the second core section in supervisory training.  The goal of this session is to move supervisors from compliance to excellence.

Tara introduces the key stages of doctoral supervision, spanning from admissions to examination.

Sunny is about to fly to Adelaide to join us on the Flinders campus.  However before her arrival we continue our discussion of race, injustice and Policing the Crisis. 

Anne, Tara and Steve work through theories of agent and agency to enable Anne's discussion of early learning, equity and social justice.

Steve, Tara and Mick explore how to manage the theoretical fragmentation of chapters in a doctoral thesis. 

Mark, Tara and Steve return to the challenging issue of balancing artefacts and the exegesis in creative-led doctorates.  But it is clear that Mark's prototype is creating a powerful structure and pr…

Tara introduces Alison Thorsteinsen in the Office of Graduate Research.  Alison talks about the support available for doctoral candidates to enable and assist their writing.

Steve Tara and Anne talk about models and theories to understand a 'social agent.'  Steve works through the theories of Anthony Giddens to see if his approach has value in understanding teachers and …

Steve, Tara and Mark focus on the original contribution to knowledge.  How can understanding the place in which research takes place enhance the originality of the doctorate?

Tara, Steve and Mick introduce the final year of his PhD.  Steve and Tara talk through with Mick the specific challenges of the final year, including the importance of timelines and the selection of …

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.