Tara Brabazon podcast

Mark and Steve evaluate Mark's strategy for doctoral management, to pinch a few hours and develop annotated bibliographies.

Sunny and Steve discuss the deep and wide benefits of oral history - even in a digital age - in valuing and validating the voice of migrants.

Mick and Steve talk about the relationship between journalistic and academic modes of writing. What is the relationship, and how can journalism become more academic - and academic writing reveal the accessibility of journalism?

Steve and Tara explore the challenges of co-supervision and the advantages of - every now and again - going solo.

Anne, Steve and Tara discuss how to manage the cul-de-sacs of doctoral life. They talk about how to manage the complexity of theory in a thesis while writing in a volatile environment for early childhood education.

Mark, Tara and Steve talk PhD strategy. How do we find those impossible hours for a doctorate in an already over-stuffed life?

Sunny, Steve and Tara explore the specific challenges in gathering and understanding 'the voice' of African migrants in Australia. How do we maintain the integrity of their lives and narratives, but also create space for interpretation and analysis?

Tara, Steve and Mick talks about the next stage of his research. He is now studying how and why particular moving lines are memorable. But can we learn some tips and tricks from sociological research?

Myra Singh, with the support of her supervisor Jae Major, introduces the challenges and strengths of indigenous methodologies. Myra's project focuses on the meanings of 'success' for indigenous students. To enable this project, she introduces yarning as a method of data collection.

Tara, Steve and Mick explore and express the challenges in constructing a literature review in a PhD. We talk about how to transcend the banal and boring and create a spicy and enlivening discussion of academic literature that is productive, powerful, passionate and imaginative.