TRANSLATING CONFLICT: ETHICS AND IDEOLOGY IN PUBLIC SERVICE INTERPRETING AND TRANSLATION
As
the 21st century advances, Public Service Interpreting and Translation (PSIT)
services are increasingly positioned at the service of conflict resolution in
different contexts, while at the same time being locked in their own struggle
for professional recognition. Building on the 5th International Conference in
Public Service Interpreting and Translation held at the University
of Alcalá, Madrid, in April 2014: (Re-) visiting Ethics
and Ideology in Situations of Conflict, this Collection addresses themes of
conflict, conflict resolution, reparation and social justice at the domestic
and international levels.
At
the domestic level, the Collection seeks to illuminate emerging challenges for
PSIT in statutory and non-statutory services generated by violent conflict,
population displacement and migration, inter alia, gender violence, workplace
conflicts, education inequality, human rights violations, and mental health
trauma, as located in their respective social and historical contexts. At the
international level, contributions will explore conflict in relation to
translation and interpreting in refugee camps and war crimes tribunals, among
others. Both contexts raise questions as to the nature of the ethical and
ideological frameworks within which interpreters and translators operate, the
extent to which they shape such frameworks, and the role of states and
institutions in acknowledging and responding to human need and human rights,
against a backdrop of shifting political, social and legal landscapes.
We
invite submissions of abstracts (300 words) that explore the evolving nature of
ethics and ideology in conflict situations and their implications for PSIT
service organization, perception and delivery. In particular, the Collection
seeks to promote research involving inter-disciplinary and inter-institutional
approaches in order to appeal to communities of public service interpreting and
translation communities of research and practice, and key stakeholders in
policy development. Contributions are invited with reference - but not limited
- to the following themes:
- The role of supranational organizations (such as the institutions of the European Union) in shaping the ethical and ideological context of PSIT services
- Ethics and the moral accountability of PSITs in conflict situations
- Equality legislation and the positioning of PSIT
- Historical perspectives on PSIT and developments in ideology and migration
- The role of PSIT in community integration policies
- PSIT in contexts of gender violence and human trafficking
- NGOs (domestic and international) and the role of PSIT in the reception and resettlement of displaced persons in refugee camps and beyond
- PSIT in prison and community rehabilitation services
- PSIT and survivors of conflict: mental health services
- PSIT in socio-educational contexts
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September
2014
Notification of acceptance: 31
October 2014
Deadline for submission of
manuscripts for peer review: 31 March 2015
Publication (by an international,
well known publishing house): 2016
Please send your 300-word abstract
and details of your affiliation to: psitcollection@gmail.com
With a copy to the editors: Carmen
Valero-Garcés: carmen.valero@uah.es and Rebecca Tipton: rebecca.tipton@manchester.ac.uk
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