Translating resistance in art activism

Hip 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

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8th Asian Translation Traditions Conference at SOAS

Reminder 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  

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FTI-Geneva: Research Methods in Translation and Interpreting Studies

NEW 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

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War and Culture Studies in 2016: Putting ‘Translation’ into the Transnational?

DOI: 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

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