What is the artefact? (The challenges of creative-led research)
Mark Brown joins us from Sydney to present his sonic designs for the development of his artefact. Yet his great work raises a question. What is the artefact? What are the examiners assessing? Stev...
5 Des 20157min
Sunny Rue Chivaura 5 - Blackness in Australian identity (and Australian doctoral education)
Sunny, Steve and Tara enter the complex area of blackness and Australian identity. What space is available to explore blackness - as a scholar - in doctoral education?
5 Des 201512min
Anne McLeod 37 - Juggling diverse writing styles in doctoral education
A great challenge of doctoral education is balancing description, analysis and high theory. Anne McLeod discusses how to manage this challenge with Steve and Tara, her doctoral supervisors.
4 Des 20155min
Mick Winter 27 - Behind the curtain with the Wizard of Oz (and children's media)
Why has the Wizard of Oz moved so successfully through literature and film - and through time? Mick, Tara and Steve probe the power of the Wizard of Oz and what it reveals about children's media.
4 Des 20158min
Remembering the Manchester Institute for Popular Culture
Tara Brabazon and Steve Redhead explore the history of the Manchester Institute for Popular Culture at the Manchester Metropolitan University. How was the Institute formed? What were the conditions ...
15 Nov 201540min
Mark Brown 6 - Light, darkness, movement and colour
Mark, Steve and Tara talk about how Mark is building his artefact. The use of light, dark, movement and colour is aligning meaning systems and movement systems.
13 Nov 20156min
Mick Winter 26 - Play it again, Mick
Mick, Tara and Steve entered Mick's meme research - in detail. We started with Casablanca and probed why it is famous - and why it remains famous.
13 Nov 201511min
Sunny Rue Chivaura 4 - Guess who is famous?
Sunny, Steve and Tara talk about Sunny's rather fabulous week in the media. We talk about the role of these interviews and articles in doctoral research and how powerful research about race can be tr...
13 Nov 20158min
