Tara Brabazon podcast

Tara Brabazon talks with Linda Hampstead to address the key challenges that confront students when they arrive on a university campus.

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.

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.

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.php/topia/article/view/460/12278) and the film Beyond the Bunker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogwHNYSSe9Q&list=UUhI8hFnlCcKDk-U3au4uCvA).

Exploring the balance between completing a PhD and publishing articles, prioritizing the doctorate, networking versus academic meritocracy debate, research plans and publishing priorities, challenges of authorship and ownership in collaborative projects during doctoral education

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.

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.'

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.

How do we choose the correct pathway for our PhD? Tara and Steve talk with Mick about the formulation of his PhD proposal. They discuss how to create a focus and trajectory for the remainder of a research project.

Tara and Steve Redhead enter the vexed terrain of doctoral examination. They assist doctoral students and supervisors to manage the emotion of the process and create a concrete outcome: a successful doctoral graduation.