Oppression is not a point of view
From Knowledge Production to Collective Intelligence on the Web Hosted by: Ajou University, South Korea 12-14 January 2017 About the Event Call for Papers Submission and Timeline Registration Contact 1. About the event Knowledge production and dissemination have long been of interest to scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds. Within the field of translation studies, the role of translation in
» Read moreBy Hanan Hammed This article examines the intellectual legacy of the Egyptian Marxist Arwa Salih (1953-97) in order to trace an intimate history of the Egyptian left. Gender relations among comrades have underpinned the movement that has enveloped women’s rights in the folds of national and class struggles. In her short life, Salih was a veteran underground activist and, from
» Read moreDOI: 10.1080/13621029808420679 Ross Abbinnett Citizenship Studies, Volume 2, Number 2, 1998, pages 197-222 Abstract Abstract Walter Benjamin once remarked of the enterprise of translation ‘that it is nowhere’: that the labour of transcribing the sense, inflection and difference of any particular language and text must always situate the translator in a space which is neither ‘of the original, nor ‘of the language into
» Read moreTranscUlturAl, A Journal of Translation and Cultural Studies Volume 8, Number 1 (2016) Table of Contents ARTICLES Introduction: Mnemosyne in Translation Anne Malena PDF 1-4 Alexander’s Gate and the Unclean Nations: Translation, Textual Appropriation, and the Construction of Barriers Benjamin Garstad PDF PDF 5-16 Making Your Memory Mine: Marie de France and the Adventures of the Bretons Jeffrey S. Longard PDF PDF
» Read moreHip Hop and 100 Thousand Poets for Change DOI: 10.1080/14781700.2016.1190944 Stefania Taviano, Translation Studies, Volume 9, Issue 2, pages 282-297 Published online: 07 Jun 2016 ABSTRACT This article examines the role of translational and polylingual practices in global forms of art activism. It is through translation, both narrowly and broadly speaking, that local issues with a universal resonance overcome cultural and
» Read moreReminder for the 8th Asian Translation Traditions Conference that will be held at SOAS, University of London on 5-7 July 2017. Venue: SOAS Russel Square campus in London Conference theme: Conflicting Ideologies and Cultural Mediation – Hearing, Interpreting, Translating Global Voices The deadline for abstracts is 15 August 2016 For CFP and further details: https://www.facebook.com/SOASCTS/ http://www.translationstudies.net/joomla3/index.php
» Read moreNEW ONLINE COURSES from September 2016 Announcing the launch of two new courses on research methods in Translation and Interpreting Studies, developed at FTI-Geneva on the basis of an innovative doctoral school program: http://www.unige.ch/formcont/researchmethods-distance1 http://www.unige.ch/formcont/researchmethods-distance2 These courses offer a unique opportunity for doctoral or pre-doctoral students from partner institutions, as well as other researchers in the field, to hone their
» Read moreDOI: 10.1080/17526272.2016.1192421 Hilary Footitt, Journal of War and Culture Studies, 2016 Published online: 29 Jun 2016 Abstract The first issue of the ‘Journal of War and Culture Studies’ in 2008 mapped out the academic space which the discipline sought to occupy. Nearly a decade later, the location of war, traditionally associated with the nation-state, is being challenged in ways which arguably
» Read moreDOI: 10.1080/13556509.2016.1149754 Federico Zanettin The Translator, Published online: 08 May 2016 This article discusses the role of translation in the making of international politics. While being largely invisible, translation and interpreting activities are interwoven with political communication, both in contexts of direct negotiations among the parties involved and when the media act as a mediating agent by recontextualising political statements and
» Read moreCall for Papers for ARTIS@Manchester2016 Graduate School, Ellen Wilkinson Building, University of Manchester 11-12 November 2016 Organised by @ctismanchester and @ARTISinitiative https://artisinitiative.org/events/artismanchester2016 This two-day event focuses on material and digital cultures, and textual transmission, promoting conversations about how we conceptualise, encounter and research materials and materiality in translation studies. The event provides a space for exploring concepts of materiality in relation to invention,
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