Oppression is not a point of view
The evolution and contestation of concepts across time and space Professor Mona Baker, University of Manchester The Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies (CTIS) at the University of Manchester has recently been awarded a large Research Grant by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. From 31 March 2016, CTIS members Professor Mona Baker (Principal Investigator) and Dr Luis Pérez-González (Co-investigator)
» Read moreActivist use of translation to connect with global publics and protest movements Professor Mona Baker, University of Manchester This study examines one aspect of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution which has received no attention in public or academic circles so far, namely, the language-based practices that allow Egyptian protestors to contest dominant narratives of the Revolution and, importantly, to connect with,
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Chapter 8 of the second edition of In Other Words: A Coursebook on Translation, by Mona Baker, is available as free access material, courtesy of Routledge. Download Ethics and Morality, Chapter 8 In Other Words 2011. To access online resources accompanying the book, go to http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/baker/.
» Read moreSurveying and Rethinking the Pedagogical Landscape Report commissioned by the Higher Education Academy © Mona Baker, 2013 Contents 1. Introduction 1.1. Accountability 1.2. Professional Engagement with Ethics 1.3 Political Conflict 1.4 Technological Advances 2. Ethics in Translator and Interpreter Education and Professional Codes of Practice 3. Incorporating Ethics in the Curriculum 3.1. Conceptual Tools 3.2 Ethics Themes in Translation and
» Read moreMona Baker is interviewed in Florianopolis, Brazil, 3 June 2011 With Professors María Lúcia Vasconcelos and Lincoln Fernandes, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
» Read moreMona Baker interviewed by Morven Beaton-Thome in relation to the second, 2011 edition of In Other Words. Manchester 2010 Part 1 Part 2
» Read moreFunded by the British Academy Filmed at the British Institute in Amman, Jordan 24 September 2013 For further information visit the Translation Studies Portal: http://www.translationstudiesportal.org/ar/
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Professor Martha Cheung Memorial Lecture, May 2014, Hong Kong Baptist University Mona Baker, Centre for Translation & Intercultural Studies, University of Manchester The idea of prefiguration originally derived from anarchist discourse; it involves experimenting with currently available means in such a way that they come to mirror or actualize the political ideals that inform a movement, thus collapsing the traditional distinction
» Read morePublished on Feb 26, 2014 The Ethics and Politics of Translation: A Public Lecture Day: Monday 9/12/2013 Venue: Room (13), English Department, Cairo University Speaker: Mona Baker,, University of Manchester Chair: Hoda Elsadda, Cairo University
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