Tara Brabazon's Blog, page 2
January 22, 2024
Touchstone Beginnings - Digital Doctorate
How is digitization transforming doctoral education?
October 24, 2023
Bloom 2 - Mpho Dube, midwifery research with love, dignity and care
Tara talks with Mpho Dube who explores the power of midwifery in enabling the life and voice of refugee women. Mpho describes this reearch as building life for generations. In this moving podcast, she shows the importance of love in creating a culture of care and social justice.
October 17, 2023
Bloom 1 - Megan Bayliss, Lived Experience, and the digital doctorate
When is the right time to complete a PhD? What topics will sustain your interest? In this first episode of Bloom, the podcast series for CDU's Graduate Education program, Megan Bayliss describes her journey into doctoral education, and the power of her topic for mental health and mental fitness. Megan is based in Norfolk Island and she talks about the gift and challenges of regional, rural and remote living, working and researching.
September 11, 2023
Maive 28 - Headings
What do we do when ideas in a chapter are fragmented? How do we create a streamlined argument? This week, Maive, Jamie and Tara talk about the role of headings in the drafting stages of research.
September 3, 2023
Maive 27 - CV
Maive, Jamie and Tara talk about the academic CV and building momentum and a future.
August 27, 2023
Maive 26 - Interpretations
Maive, Jamie and Tara talk about how interpretations are carefully built from reading and research.
August 18, 2023
Maive 25 - Objects
As we probe the role of memory in writing a creative-led thesis, this week we add texture and complexity to objects.
August 11, 2023
Maive 24 - Boundaries
Maive, Jamie and Tara talk about building momentum in a thesis while respecting the professional boundaries of supervision.
July 11, 2023
Maive 23 - Confirming progress
In the middle of a PhD, it is difficult to confirm that the work is of standard and being produced at the necessary speed. Jamie, Maive and Tara talk about how to confirm progress.
Maive 22 - Confirming progress
In the middle of a PhD, it is difficult to confirm that the work is of standard and being produced at the necessary speed. Jamie, Maive and Tara talk about how to confirm progress.
