Mediocrity and McDonalds
What is the difference between (higher) education and training? Are students 'overqualified' for their first job? This podcast explores the consequences of tabloid fixations with an 'overqualified' ...
7 Juni 201112min
Prisons and reality television
Tara asks Steve Redhead about prisons and popular culture. Why did he take university students on prison visits?
30 Maj 20113min
The Dodo Lives
The iPad 2 is the archetype of proto-obsolescent technology. It embodies Thorstein Veblen's phrase 'conspicuous consumption.' Yet there is one company that makes iPad cases built on the bookbinding ...
19 Maj 201110min
Mick and Tara review the MA Creative Media dissertation process
Mick Winter talks with Tara Brabazon for the last time in the context of the MA Creative Media. Mick and Tara review ihis dissertation process and the entire programme, connecting 'learning' with 'do...
17 Maj 201122min
Writing an exegesis after the (arte)fact
Tara Brabazon talks with Faracy Grouse about her sonic intervention. They discuss the challenges involved in transforming strong artefacts into strong research.
17 Apr 201112min
Disabling University
How do we open out universities to enable rather than disable? Tara Brabazon explores options in developing a rich sensory environment to enliven a learning environment for all students.
17 Apr 201114min
Mick and Tara talk about the presentation of his MA thesis
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 exe...
13 Apr 201112min
From a revolution to a ring tone
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 releas...
13 Apr 201112min
