Why do we need to see mental pain and how can we make it visible? What is the role of visual media in this all-rounded, daring form of translation, one that does not necessarily clarify meaning?
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‘Cultural Representations of Covid-19 in non-Anglophone Settings’ – 21-22 June 2021
This British Academy-funded project, organised by Dr Steven Wilson and Dr Piotr Blumczynski (QUB), examines the role that modern languages and translation studies can play in revealing new ways of thinking about and communicating Covid-19. This cultural panel is convened by Dr Marta Arnaldi. Contributions from poetry, music, theatre, the visual arts and digital production.
‘Translating Distress’ – 17 June 2021
How can translation help us communicate distress and wellbeing? What impact does the use of a foreign language have on the therapeutic journey of refugee survivors? In this talk, clinical psychologist Ross White and linguistician Jean-Marc Dewaele dialogue to explore the ethical and epistemic complexities of multilingual and multicultural mental health research.
‘The Disease of Translation’ – 29 April 2021
Covid-19, literature of quarantine and the aesthetics of old age and illness. How have modern writers and translators brought the language of medicine into the texture of fiction? Has the opposite ever happened?
‘Translating Symbolism into Precision Medicine’ – 31 March 2021
World-leading scientist poet Banafshé Larijani explores the continuum between science and art, and the ways in which translation enables this constant flux. Music and cell pathways will be used.
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