This episode features the word ‘ASYNCHRONOUS’.

Last but most certainly not least, we close out season 1 of ‘Busting Buzzwords’ with episode 5 and our guest Jacob Craig. Jacob blends audio engineering expertise with a passion for experimental music. His Master’s in Creative Sound laid the foundation for a diverse career spanning from the Banff Centre in Canada to a major film scoring studio in Southeast Asia. Jacob founded an experimental record label and has held key audio engineering roles internationally. Now at Sydney University, he applies his technical skills to advance video and audio research and

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Production Credits and Acknowledgments:

 Hosts: Clara Sitbon and Ben Nickl

Have a buzzword you’d like us to talk about? You can email us at [email protected]

Production Credits and Acknowledgments:

We thank the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the technical team for their invaluable support.

We thank Michael West as a member and representative of

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This special episode features the word ‘YAAMA’.

Rather than our usual aim to bust a buzzword, here in

Tracey is a Lecturer in the Discipline of Indigenous Studies

If you’d like to read or hear or see more from and about Tracey, you can check out her academic profile here: https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/tracey-cameron.html or follow these links:

https://honisoit.com/2017/03/yaama-tracey-ngaya/

https://soundcloud.com/usydslc/reviving-the-gamilaraay-language-tracey-cameron-priscilla-strasek

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/awaye/features/word-up/word-up/8415166

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/episode-1-introducing-deep-listening-tracey-cameron/id1690304005?i=1000615097730

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Production Credits and Acknowledgments:

Hosts:

Clara Sitbon and Ben Nickl

Have a buzzword you’d like us to talk about? You can email

We thank the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the

We thank Michael West as a member and representative of

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This episode features the word ‘IMPACT’.

Episode 3 brings us the most amazing duo that is Ksenia Sawczak and Katherine Kenny. Ksenia is the Head of Research and Development in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at The University of Sydney, and Katie is the Deputy Director of the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies and a Senior Research Fellow in the Disciplines of Sociology & Criminology.

You can find some of Ksenia’s articles that she wrote for The Conversation Australia here: https://theconversation.com/profiles/ksenia-sawczak-1247345/articles. She is an expert in higher education policy and research management and is steeped in thought leadership management in the higher education sector.

Here is Katie’s academic research profile: https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/katherine-kenny.html. Next to being an ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow, and SOAR Prize recipient in the School of Social and Political Sciences at The University of Sydney, she is also the Editor in Chief of Health Sociology Review (2023-2026).

When we talked to both of them, we were lucky enough to find out more about Ksenia’s take on translating research impact for the public, which Katie’s project Picturing Cancer Survivorship demonstrates: https://www.picturingcancersurvivorship.org/

*Editors’ note: Ksenia would like to add an update. Since

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Production Credits and Acknowledgments:

Hosts: Clara Sitbon and Ben Nickl

Have a buzzword you’d like us to talk about? You can email

Production Credits and Acknowledgments:

We thank the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the technical team for their invaluable support.

We thank Michael West as a member and representative of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council for recording a Welcome to Country segment for the podcast's pilot season. We thank the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council for the opportunity to collaborate on this project and hope to continue in future. Please note that Michael West/the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council holds the sole copyright to the Welcome to Country segments. No reproduction, edits, or re-use of any kind of these segments is permitted without express and written confirmation from Michael West and the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council.

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This episode features the word ‘LECTURE’.

In episode 2, we talk to Bruce Isaacs. Bruce is Associate Professor in Film Studies at The University of Sydney.

He is interested in a wide range of film studies-related topics: histories of film (with a focus on Hollywood, though abiding interests in various ‘New Waves’ and movements), film aesthetics and style, critical approaches to film production, film and popular culture (including the relationship between film and other pop culture art forms such as television, literature and music).

Currently, Bruce is intrigued by various developments in High Concept Hollywood and its evolution of new aesthetic practices, including digital and 3D cinema.

When we talked to him, he occupied the Role of Associate Dean of Education in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, in which he concerned himself with pedagogical issues in higher education settings and specifically those relevant to the student experience at The University of Sydney.

Bruce is a passionate educator, and you might find that when listening to ‘Film Versus Film’ podcast he co-hosts: https://filmversusfilm.podbean.com/.

Here is his academic profile: https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/bruce-isaacs.html.

You can also find us and leave comments and likes on Instagram: @busting.buzzwords

Production Credits and Acknowledgments: 

Hosts: Clara Sitbon and Ben Nickl

Have a buzzword you’d like us to talk about? You can email us at [email protected]

We thank the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the technical team for their invaluable support.

We thank Michael West as a member and representative of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council for recording a Welcome to Country segment for the podcast's pilot season. We thank the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council for the opportunity to collaborate on this project and hope to continue in future. Please note that Michael West/the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council holds the sole copyright to the Welcome to Country segments. No reproduction, edits, or re-use of any kind of these segments is permitted without express and written confirmation from Michael West and the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council.

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This episode features the word ‘OUTPUT’.

In this inaugural episode of Busting Buzzwords we meet Matt Shores. Matt is a Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Japanese Studies at The University of Sydney.

He has a Ph.D. in Japanese literature and specialises in Edo-period (1600-1868) literary arts and entertainment. His research and interests span eras before this to the present day.

Matt apprenticed with rakugo (comic storytelling) masters Katsura Bunshi V (1930-2005) and Hayashiya Somemaru IV (b. 1949) and has trained in other traditional performing arts, such as bunraku, kabuki, kyōgen, nō, shamisen, etc., to supplement his understanding of premodern Japan and be better situated to illustrate that it was anything but quiet or confined to the page.

He has worked with numerous scholars and licensed practitioners, examining and translating works, performing in and staging productions, and enjoys involving students in educational and outreach projects.

In our conversation, Matt refers to his personal website which you can find here: https://mwshores.com.

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Production Credits and Acknowledgments:

Hosts: Clara Sitbon and Ben Nickl

Have a buzzword you’d like us to talk about? You can email

We thank the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the technical team for their invaluable support. 

We thank Michael West as a member and representative of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council for recording a Welcome to Country segment for the podcast's pilot season. We thank the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council for the opportunity to collaborate on this project and hope to continue in future. Please note that Michael West/the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council holds the sole copyright to the Welcome to Country segments. No reproduction, edits, or re-use of any kind of these segments is permitted without express and written confirmation from Michael West and the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council.

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