Tara Brabazon podcast

Tara and Priscilla talk about the challenges and difficulties when we compare ourselves with others.

Tara talks with Kelly about 'transitional commoning,' from her article titled, 'Can the commons be temporary?' This discussion reveals how - even through disasters - life and transformations can emerge. This research article is available here - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13549839.2019.1567480

Tara and Priscilla talk about bodies. And teaching. And learning. In supposedly digital times.

Priscilla and Tara talk about how to enhance teaching and learning in these strange times for international higher education.

In this first conversation with Professor Kelly Dombroski, we explore her book chapter written with Dr Oona Morrow, exploring postcapitalist politics in and through life work.

(The chapter is available here via Google Books: https://books.google.co.nz/books?hl=en&lr=&id=0MVgEQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA82&dq=Postcapitalist+politics+through+the+sites+and+practices+of+life+work&ots=PiwxHSpCht&sig=23Uz_5QXzIUD7JxYKs6CaNe7k4I&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Postcapitalist%20politics%20through%20the%20sites%20and%20practices%20of%20life%20work&f=false)

So often teaching and learning are minimized or reduced, in favour of the major research project, or big grant. This week, Priscilla and Tara talk about the power of teaching and learning, to enliven our universities.

Impact and engagement. These words pump through our universities. But what do them mean?

Tara and Priscilla talk about momentum, and how to build a research career, against the odds.

Tara and Priscilla discuss how to build authentic and meaning community links, beyond the superficial metrics and the platitudes.

The news reports discussing universities around the world are negative. Horrific. Concerning. This week, Priscilla and Tara talk about how to - against the odds - build a positive academic culture, to enable growth, development and opportunities.