Tara Brabazon's Blog, page 33
February 19, 2016
Mick Winter 30 - Forging that original contribution to knowledge
Tara, Steve and Mick talk about the challenges of doctoral research, particularly encircling the phrase 'an original contribution to knowledge.'
February 18, 2016
Sunny Rue Chivaura 9 - Using podcasts to create a meta-doctorate
Sunny, Steve and Tara talk about the use of sound to create a thinking space for doctoral education, particularly enlivening oral history methods.
February 17, 2016
Doctoral examination for new doctoral examiners
How do you examine a PhD for the first time? What are your expectations, assumptions and perspectives? Are you confusing your personal experiences of completing a doctorate with the requirements of doctoral examination?
Steve and Tara ask why - so often - the most inexperienced examiners are the harshest. This podcast offers both training and an intervention to ensure that excellence and the maintenance of international standards remain the priority for early, mid and senior researchers.
Subcultures and postsubcultures
What is a subculture and is this concept of relevance to the contemporary social sciences and humanities? Tara and Steve discuss subcultures and postsubcultures and ask if style remains resistive.
February 6, 2016
Mick Winter 29 - Content analysis is the crystal meth of methods
Mick, Steve and Tara work through Mick's analysis of famous moments of filmic dialogue. At the moment, Mick is finding some patterning, but nothing definitive. Meanwhile, Steve and Tara attempt to preserve Mick's sanity as he applies the crystal meth of methods: content analysis.
Sociologists and historians having a scrag fight
Sunny, Steve and Tara talk about the next crucial stage of her project: the oral history interviews. They discuss the different mode and styles of interviews and the rich data that can be gained through oral historiography.
January 17, 2016
Deviant leisure cultures
Tara and Steve introduce a new concept, trope and theory: deviant leisure cultures.
Sunny Rue Chivaura 7 - Why the authentic voice matters
Sunny and Tara discuss how to handle oral history testimony in a digital age.
January 16, 2016
Mark Brown 8 - Visually documenting a doctorate
Mark and Tara talk about the distinctive digital strategies that are emerging in and through the contemporary PhD.
Mick Winter 28 - Memes and the big three
Mick and Tara talk about 'the big three' films: Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind and Casablanca. Why have these three films dominated the most famous movie quotations of all time?
