Oppression is not a point of view
Written by Tom Morgan Published on 25 Jan 2016, Goldsmiths University of London Website Street art can be used to help establish a public space for teaching and learning, according to a Goldsmiths academic John Johnston, Head of the MA Artist Teachers and Contemporary Practices in the Department of Educational Studies, has contributed a chapter to the award-winning book Translating Dissent: Voices from and
» Read moreBy George Ho Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbruecken, Germany Published 2016 ISBN: 978-3-6598-2262-9; € 67,90 The detachment of theory from practice has been criticized by translating practitioners; yet little improvement has been made. This book addresses the problem by reinvestigating the system of translation. Based on Daoist dialectics, the author introduces a dual system: translation theory and translating theory. The
» Read moreBy ELISABETTA POVOLEDO, The New York Times, APRIL 5, 2016 ROME — Spanning six centuries of religious and legal teachings touching on astronomy, medicine, ethics, philosophy and more, the Babylonian Talmud is so complex, it has rarely been translated. But on Tuesday, after five years of labor by dozens of scholars, linguists, philologists and editors — as well as a crew of computer
» Read more3rd International Conference on Language, Linguistics, Literature and Translation November 3-5 2016 Oman Department of English Language and Literature Sultan Qaboos University Extended Call Deadline: 25 April 2016 Meeting Description Connecting the Dots in a Glocalized World 2016 will provide a forum for the exchange of ideas in the four main disciplines of language, linguistics, literature and translation. As the
» Read moreEugene Rogan Eurozine Published 2004−04−27; Original in English; Contribution by Index on Censorship The challenges faced by Arabic book publishing are considerable but is it really responsible for all the problems of the Arab world? The 2002 Arab Human Development Report was a landmark document. Written by Arab social scientists, it was the first auto-critique to address the challenges faced by the Arab world
» Read moreChinese University of Hong Kong Reference no.: 1516/223(737)/2 Closing date: 3 May 2016 POST SPECIFICATION Applicants should (i) possess a relevant PhD degree in translation or other related fields; (ii) specialize in one or more of the following areas: practical translation (including translation project supervision), interpreting, translation studies, literary translation and computer translation; and preferably (iii) have relevant teaching experience and
» Read moreThe struggle behind Cairo’s revolutionary graffiti wall The graffiti murals that sprang up on the walls of Cairo were a spontaneous reaction to Egypt’s revolution. But, despite their cultural importance, they’re being demolished in an attempt to clean up the city … or is it to erase the past? Mia Jankowicz in Cairo, Wednesday 23 March 2016, The Guardian Ammar Abo Bakr
» Read moreCall for participants TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETING IN DEVELOPING CONTEXTS FOURTH SUMMER SCHOOL FOR TRANSLATION STUDIES IN AFRICA: 29 AUGUST – 2 SEPTEMBER 2016 UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, KENYA ARE YOU INVOLVED IN TRANSLATION STUDIES IN AFRICA? DO YOU WANT TO DEVELOP YOUR THINKING AND RESEARCH SKILLS? THEN YOU SHOULD NOT MISS THE FOURTH SPRING SCHOOL FOR TRANSLATION STUDIES IN AFRICA! The
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Subtitling in the Egyptian Revolution DOI: 10.1080/13556509.2016.1148438 (link to prepublication version at end of post) Mona Baker, The Translator, Volume 22, Number 1, 2016, pages 1-21 Abstract The idea of prefiguration is widely assumed to derive from anarchist discourse; it involves experimenting with currently available means in such a way that they come to mirror or actualise the political ideals that
» Read moreCall for papers: Translation and Religion: Interrogating Concepts, Methods and Practices 1-3 September 2016 University of Edinburgh, 1-3 September 2016 Abstract Submissions Deadline: April 15, 2016 What is the relationship between ‘translation’ and ‘religion’? While all ‘religions’ travel and engage in translation of one kind or another, what gets translated? How do the different components of what is currently understood
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