Tara Brabazon podcast

In this sixth session for his MA Creative Media dissertation, Mick Winter and Tara Brabazon discuss how his research is to be presented. Once the artefacts are finished, how does it link with the exegesis?

What is the relationship between popular and unpopular culture? Put another way, how does one song become a chart success and others do not? Tara talks about Ron Sexsmith's career and his new release Long Player Late Bloomer to explore how great music can become popular music.

Mick and Tara talk through his complete sonic pieces that aim to create defamiliarization in patterns of thinking about politics and social change.

Faracy talks to Tara Brabazon about her upcoming sonic intervention. She explores how remembering the analogue recofigures the place of digital platforms in our lives.

Faracy Grouse explains to Tara the development of her instruments. She conveys how they were built and the importance of recycling and sustainability in their construction.

How did the events of September 11 impact on the media and media research? This presentation asks if fighting fundamentalism with other fundamentalisms is the only option.

How do we explain the rise of the celebrity chef and the slow food movement? More potently, how is the relationship between food and popular culture transforming?

Why do newspapers 'encourage' comments from their readers? What is the point? In this podcast, Tara talks with John Gill about his dissertation on online comment cultures.

What happens to the analogue in a digital world? Faracy Grouse and Tara Brabazon, in this sixth session exploring Faracy's dissertation topic, asks why she is crafting analogue sonic objects. And what is happening with the old piano in the corner of Tara's office without any black and white keys?

In this fourth podcast, Mick and Tara discuss the structure and arguments to be expressed in his dissertation. We explore how and why sound creates social change.