Tara Brabazon's Blog, page 30

Policing the crisis in new times

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 and xenophobia?

Know your podding from your vodding - social media for academics

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

Flinders University Supervisory Training Core 2

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

Flinders University Supervisory Training Core 1

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

Sunny Rue Chivaura 11 - Policing race, history and theory

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 McLeod 42 - Fleshing out agents of change

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

Mick Winter 33 - Flowing with the magpie

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

Mark Brown 12 - Artefact suites and drinks on Mark

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 propulsion for his thesis.

Alison Thorsteinsen and the WriteSkills programme

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.

Anne McLeod 41 - What is an agent of change?

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 educators in contemporary Australia.