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Tara Brabazon podcast

Tara Brabazon

Tara Brabazon explores popular culture and education, and the relationship between them.

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Friday · 18 min
Conversation with Suzanne Morch-Lassen 2 - Interviewing in different ways
This week, Suzanne and Tara talk about interviewing in research. In qualitative methods, it often seems a default strategy for data collection. Suzanne talks about how she approached interviews through a different lens.
Friday · 22 min
Pay yourself first - A conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West
Our needs and goals are - so frequently - marginalized to enable the life and career of others. How do we transform this balance between our aims and hopes - and the imperatives of others?
September 10 · 26 min
Conversation with Suzanne Morch-Lassen - 1
Welcome to our first conversation with Suzanne Morch-Lassen. Suzanne has one year to go on her PhD. Let's share this time.
August 30 · 26 min
Isolation in academic life: a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West
Tara and Priscilla discuss the odd and unique isolation and atomization in academic life.
August 27 · 48 min
How do we balance the emotions of care with the labour of care? A conversation with Kelly Dombroski
How do we balance the emotions of care with the labour of care? To answer this question, Tara and Kelly talk about Kelly's article titled "Communities of Care in the Nitty-Gritty of Commons-Work." The article is available to read from here: https://www.torrossa.com/en/resources/an/5956217
July 30 · 18 min
How do we decide to make changes in our professional lives? A conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West
Making changes in our lives. It is difficult. But how do we decide when to make those changes? And what evidence is useful to these transformations?
July 30 · 18 min
Comparisons - A conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West
Tara and Priscilla talk about the challenges and difficulties when we compare ourselves with others.
July 11 · 57 min
Transitional commoning - a conversation with Professor Kelly Dombroski
Tara talks with Kelly about 'transitional commoning,' from her article titled, 'Can the commons be temporary?' This discussion reveals how - even through disasters - life and transformations can emerge. This research article is available here - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13549839.2019.1567480
June 29 · 18 min
Embodied teaching and learning - a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West
Tara and Priscilla talk about bodies. And teaching. And learning. In supposedly digital times.
June 29 · 19 min
Meaningful teaching and learning cultures - a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West
Priscilla and Tara talk about how to enhance teaching and learning in these strange times for international higher education.
May 31 · 57 min
Conversations with Kelly 1 - Postcapitalist politics through the sites and practices of life work
In this first conversation with Professor Kelly Dombroski, we explore her book chapter written with Dr Oona Morrow, exploring postcapitalist politics in and through life work. (The chapter is available here via Google Books: https://books.google.co.nz/books?hl=en&lr=&id=0MVgEQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA82&dq=Postcapitalist+politics+through+the+sites+and+practices+of+life+work&ots=PiwxHSpCht&sig=23Uz_5QXzIUD7JxYKs6CaNe7k4I&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Postcapitalist%20politics%20through%20the%20sites%20and%20practices%20of%20life%20work&f=false)
April 27 · 20 min
The gifts of teaching and learning - a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West
So often teaching and learning are minimized or reduced, in favour of the major research project, or big grant. This week, Priscilla and Tara talk about the power of teaching and learning, to enliven our universities.
March 27 · 19 min
Impact and engagement - a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West
Impact and engagement. These words pump through our universities. But what do them mean?
March 27 · 18 min
How to develop a research trajectory
Tara and Priscilla talk about momentum, and how to build a research career, against the odds.
March 27 · 22 min
Community Connections - a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West
Tara and Priscilla discuss how to build authentic and meaning community links, beyond the superficial metrics and the platitudes.
March 27 · 16 min
Building a positive academic culture
The news reports discussing universities around the world are negative. Horrific. Concerning. This week, Priscilla and Tara talk about how to - against the odds - build a positive academic culture, to enable growth, development and opportunities.
March 27 · 20 min
Boundaries and boundary management - a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West
Tara and Priscilla talk about the power and importance of role clarity and boundary management in our professional lives.
February 25 · 24 min
From SoTL to SoS and Beyond
This is a recorded presentation of Tara's From SoTL to SoS and Beyond for the College Development Network in Scotland.
February 18 · 14 min
Professional Development and future proofing your career
Priscilla and Tara talk about how to use PD to build a sustainable career.
February 18 · 17 min
Connecting teaching and research - a conversation with Professor Priscilla Dunk-West
So much of academic life is separated. Atomized. This week, Priscilla and I talk about how we maintain the connection between teaching and research.

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