Tara Brabazon podcast

What does it mean to have a career 'break'? What is a career 'interruption'? Professor Priscilla Dunk-West and I talk about the idea of 'interruption' - and what we learn about a working life through it... And - indeed - a life...

This week, Tara and Suzanne talk about that pivotal decision. The decision to do a doctorate. How is that decision made, and what information is required to make it?

How does an individual, collective and community transform in tough times? Kelly and Tara talk about how infrastructures of care can transform individuals and their relationships with the world. This is a delicate conversation about land, gardens and encounters beyond 'the human.' Let's talk about collectives of care.

To read Kelly's fabulous article, please refer to this link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026427512300447X

Interviews and surveys are common in qualitative research. But Suzanne has constructed her interviews in a completely original way. Multimodal. Textured. This week, we talk about the role of silence in interviews. How do we understand and value silence? How do we render it meaningful in research?

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?

Welcome to our first conversation with Suzanne Morch-Lassen. Suzanne has one year to go on her PhD. Let's share this time.

Tara and Priscilla discuss the odd and unique isolation and atomization in academic life.

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

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?