Tara Brabazon's Blog, page 45
October 29, 2014
Making the leap to university 4 - reading and notetaking
Tara talks with Linda Hampstead about the importance of reading and note taking for first year university students.
Making the leap to university 3 - why attend class
Tara talks with Linda Hampstead about the first year experience in universities and why attendance is crucial to academic success.
October 28, 2014
Making the leap to university 2 - the key challenges facing students arriving on campus
Tara Brabazon talks with Linda Hampstead to address the key challenges that confront students when they arrive on a university campus.
Making the leap to university 1 - understanding the transition
Tara talks with Linda Hampstead about the transition from school to university, work to university and family commitments to study. What are the challenges and opportunities when moving to higher education.
October 27, 2014
Ways that early childhood educators negotiate complexity in their practice
Tamara Cumming presents her soon-to-be completed doctoral research in the School of Teacher Education Seminar Series. Deploying the theories of Deleuze and Guattari, she explores how early childhood educators manage complexity in their workplace and practice.
October 26, 2014
Theoretical times - Paul Virilio
What do technology, speed, war, bunkers and architecture have in common? All are interests of Paul Virilio. Tara talks with Steve Redhead about Virilio, understanding his specific place in these theoretical times.
Two references were logged in this podcast. Steve's article on Virilio and Parent (http://pi.library.yorku.ca/ojs/index....) and the film Beyond the Bunker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogwHN...).
Publications during the PhD
Being a PhD student is complicated. What is more important: finishing the doctorate in the minimum time, or publishing some articles on the way?
Steve and Tara explore the difficult balance between the PhD and publishing refereed scholarship during the candidature.
The creative doctorate
What is the role of creativity in a PhD programme? Tara and Steve probe the troubling terrain of the creative doctorate. Investigating the DCA (the Doctor of Creative Arts) and the PhD composed of an artefact and exegesis, they explore the challenges of standards, standardization and quality.
October 11, 2014
Theoretical times - Alain Badiou
The great survivor of French philosophy, Alain Badiou offers evocative and provocative theorizations of subjectivity, ethics and modernity. Tara and Steve review his career, stature and value in these 'Theoretical Times.'
Theoretical times - Slavoj Zizek
Slavoj Zizek is much more than a Slovenian Marxist philosopher. Steve and Tara talk about why his theorizations of culture and politics have been so powerful and so popular.
