Tara Brabazon's Blog, page 20
March 27, 2018
Anne McLeod 51 - The End in Sight
A major moment to share with podcast listeners. Anne is within one week of submitting her thesis. She shares with listeners the final strategies she deployed to finish a PhD via a part-time candidature.
February 12, 2018
Multimodality
Tara introduces the concept of multimodality. What does it mean? Why is it important? How can it enable research dissemination?
January 28, 2018
Tara's take on mentoring
Tara's great friend Jac asked her to offer a perspective on mentoring. This commentary is a bit stroppy and direct, but may poke and provoke your thinking about mentoring. When you ask for a 'mentor' what are you actually asking for?
December 29, 2017
The Rescue Doctorate
Tara and Steve talk about an undercooked and underdiscussed 'challenge,' 'problem' and 'issue' in doctoral education. What happens when the supervisor that starts with a student cannot finish them? Tara talks about the rescue doctorate. How do new supervisors finish a PhD student? What should PhD students look for? Welcome to the rescue doctorate!
December 27, 2017
The strengths and challenges of ethnography
Steve and Tara are supervising a terrific student researching an Australian police force. We have been discussing the methods available, including ethnography. What are the strengths and challenges of ethnography? How / can ethnography be used to study empowered members of our community?
Mick Winter 39 - The result
Tara and Steve offer the final instalment in the Mick Winter PhD story. We talk about the successful PhD that has now been examined and tips for colleagues around the world when confronted by this incredibly sad situation.
Our love and respects to the memory of Dr Mick Winter.
November 21, 2017
Ellen Fraser-Barbour and thoughts about intellectual disability, violence and resilience
Tara talks with Ellen Fraser-Barbour, a PhD student at Flinders University, about her research. She is exploring the resilience and autonomy of men and women with intellectual disabilities, and the violence they confront in their daily life.
October 30, 2017
Trump and the banality of racism - a seminar with Sunny Rue Chivaura
Sunny Rue Chivaura, a recent graduate from Flinders University, discusses the age of Trump, inflected by race and racism. When race-based attacks become normal, what happens to the daily lives of citizens of colour?
October 29, 2017
Guy Standing's The Corruption of Capitalism - A Reading Group
Tara is joined by some of the most talented and innovative PhD students at Flinders to talk about Guy Standing's The Corruption of Capitalism.
October 28, 2017
Antipodean PhD Oral Examination
Tara and Steve talk about the Kiwi PhD oral examination. What is the role of a PhD oral exam, and how can it internationalize standards and quality in doctoral qualifications?
