Tara Brabazon's Blog, page 49
July 15, 2014
Anne McLeod 22 - Living A Full Life With Anne
Anne, Steve and Tara talk through the challenges of part-time doctorates. How do we fit a part-time PhD into a full life?
July 11, 2014
An Oral History Of Western Australian Food (with Doris And Kevin Brabazon)
Tara needed to find out about a recipe for chocolate goo. This family recipe required some information about family food history. Therefore Tara interviewed her parents Kevin and Doris Brabazon. The resultant interview is quirky, complex and surprising.
July 10, 2014
Reframing cultural economy with Professor Justin O'Connor
This podcast captures the launch of the Creative Regions Lab at Charles Sturt University. The lecture that launched the CRL was delivered by Professor Justin O'Connor. His title was "Reframing cultural economy."
July 9, 2014
Mick Winter 7 - From Cultural Intermediary To Fetish
Mick, Steve and Tara are together once more. Steve and Mick explore the use of the phrase 'cultural intermediaries' to the meme research. Tara goes straight to a discussion of fetish. (No not that fetish)...
Anne McLeod 21 Anne Finds A Data Spike
Tara and Anne explore a change in terminology, that also is leading to a change in thinking - and policy - for early childhood education.
July 4, 2014
Mick Winter 6 The Small Doctorate Is The Best Doctorate
Mick and Tara are without Steve this week's meeting. Mick, Tara and Steve have been wrestling with the limitations and boundaries of Mick's thesis. This podcast captures a moment of decision and resolution.
June 26, 2014
Is The Conservatorium Model Relevant To 21st Century regional Australia
Graham Sattler, the executive director of the Mitchell Conservatorium, presents a public lecture exploring the role of a conservatorium in social, cultural, economic and regional development.
June 21, 2014
Theoretical Times - Jean Baudrillard
Tara talks with Steve Redhead about Jean Baudrillard. The 'postmodern' label applied to Baudrillard has underplayed his complexity and role in the contemporary academy.
Teaching Law Through Podcasting
Steve Redhead and Tara talk about the value of podcasts in the teaching of law and legal studies. Particularly when teaching legal theory and inter-disciplinary legal studies, podcasts have great value.
June 18, 2014
Anne McLeod 20 - Types and Tropes
Anne, Steve and Tara are together in Bathurst. And what an explosive session. We talk about Weber and Johnson, types and tropes. A major moment in the thesis.