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Tara Brabazon

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I am the Professor of Cultural Studies at Flinders University. I have written 23 books, 13 audiobooks, over 350 refereed articles and book chapters, and over 600 research outputs. I have podcasted since 2008 and vlogged since 2016.

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Average rating: 4.19 · 205 ratings · 40 reviews · 48 distinct works • Similar authors

	Comma. How to Restart, Reclaim and Reboot Your PhD. 4.46 avg rating — 28 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The University of Google: Education in the (Post) Information Age 3.69 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Digital Dieting: From Information Obesity to Intellectual Fitness 4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	12 Rules for (Academic) Life: A Stroppy Feminist’s Guide through Teaching, Learning, Politics, and Jordan Peterson 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Digital Hemlock: Internet Education and the Poisoning of Teaching 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Popular Music 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trump Studies: An Intellectual Guide to Why Citizens Vote Against Their Interests really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Know What You Do Not Know: Information Literacy for PhD Students 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Revolution To Revelation: Generation X, Popular Memory And Cultural Studies 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Setting Up Your Life to Write a PhD: Building a Doctorate One Sentence at a Time 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Conversations with Alan 3 - Rethinking Medical Oaths and Codes in Modern Practice

Oh this is interesting. Let's talk with Alan Silburn this week about medical oaths and codes. What is the role of these ethical statements in behaviour and governance? Fascinating conversation.

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Tara Brabazon rated a book liked it THE DARK SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE: FRITZ ZWICKY AND THE MISSING MASS by Boris Kriger	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a good and critical work of science history and communication. It offers a critical lens on the complex historiography of Fritz Zwicky. It is interpretive and analytical. The challenge remains aligning the arguments through the book and via t ...more
Oct 12, 2026 03:43AM · 1 like · like · see review
Tara Brabazon rated a book liked it Zwicky: The Outcast Genius Who Unmasked the Universe by John Johnson Jr.	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a solid and well written book. It is a chronological narrative about a difficult and defiant scientist. The problem with chronological narratives is that the flesh and bone of a life are squeezed out from the life to manage the momentum of th ...more
Oct 12, 2026 03:13AM · 1 like · like · see review
Tara Brabazon rated a book it was amazing Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth (Pelican Books) by Guy Standing	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a book of argument and advocacy. Commencing with Margaret Thatcher's 1987 election victory, this book explores what happens to 'the rest of us' when public wealth is sold to private investors. The consequences are homelessness, poverty, destr ...more
Oct 05, 2026 03:50AM · 2 likes · like · see review
Tara Brabazon rated a book it was amazing Basic Income: And How We Can Make It Happen by Guy Standing	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a book presenting an argument. It is a good argument, although antithetical to many of the political and economic movements of our time. Standing explores the definition of a 'basic income' and how it could be distributed. There are variable i ...more
Oct 05, 2026 03:06AM · 1 like · like · see review
Tara Brabazon rated a book it was amazing The Politics of Time: Gaining Control in the Age of Uncertainty (Pelican Books) by Guy Standing	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
An outstanding book that works through the linear movement from agrarian to industrial and tertiary time. But Standing then aggitates this linearity, showing how ideological residues have created an absolutely catastrophic 'life' (heavy inverted comm ...more
Oct 04, 2026 11:29PM · 1 like · like · see review
Tara Brabazon rated a book really liked it Gender and Precarious Research Careers: A Comparative Analysis (Routledge Research in Gender and Society Book 74) by Annalisa Murgia	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
An intriguing book. It is an edited collections, and the clustering of the chapters is - at times - unclear. It is a comparative analysis, but the 'comparisons' remain European and - sometimes - North American in inflection. There is a big world out ...more
Oct 02, 2026 04:57AM · 1 like · like · see review
Tara Brabazon rated a book it was amazing The Institution Without a Villain: How power survives when no one appears to control it (Institutional Power Systems Book 1) by Kingfai Au	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A wow from me. I love finding a book - giving it a read - and being stunned with its fabulousness. This book explores how - when we offer critique or resistance - we look for an enemy. We want to locate the origin of our fear, rage, anxiety or injustic ...more
Oct 01, 2026 10:31PM · 4 likes · like · see review
Tara Brabazon rated a book it was amazing Human Capital: The Tragedy of the Education Commons (Pelican Books) by Guy Standing	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A potent, provocative and convincing argument. This is a book with a spine of intellectual steel. Well researched, historically rigorous, and with a clear lens on the present political, social and economic disasters, this book probes what we have los ...more
Oct 01, 2026 04:33AM · 3 likes · like · see review
Tara Brabazon rated a book it was ok Faster: A System for Finishing What Matters by Jeff Morris	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Another book from another coach about productivity. It is a short book - clearly written. Lots of stories - following on from the Malcolm Gladwell format. The argument is clear. Pick what is important. Do it. The five minutes spent in planning save us ...more
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