New Aural Cultures presents PhDCasting 5: Pushing Water Uphill. Dr Rob Watson, Decentered Media

PhDCasting aims to be research through podcasting practice. Jerry Padfield documents his personal reflections of a journey through a PhD at Falmouth University, researching #podcasting and #CommunityRadio practice for wellbeing. The podcast talks about the experience of completing a PhD, from the perspective of a research student: the milestones, the emotional highs and lows, and also becomes a research tool in itself, interrogating the embodied knowledge within the practice. Each episode also features a conversation with a practitioner discussing issues around podcasting and broadcasting.

Quarter Five: October 2019 - December 2019

In PhD Land, I return refreshed from a summer break and determined to get things moving. However things don’t get moving. To quote Douglas Adams: "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by." A PhD is a massive self-directed project; you set your own deadlines and must adjust when they are either unachievable or have to change.

I talk to Dr Rob Watson, community media academic and podcaster, and former director of the CMA, the body responsible for representing community radio in the UK. Rob is usually the one asking the questions, so it was great to be able to turn the tables.

Links

Decentered Media - Rob's website

If you enjoyed this conversation Rob recorded a Decentered podcast with me