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Researching Multilingually at the Borders of Language, the Body, Law and the State
An invitation for participation
Mariam Attia
Researching Multilingually
Two overarching aims:
1) to research interpreting, translation and multilingual practices in challenging contexts, and, 2) while doing so, to evaluate appropriate research methods (traditional and arts based) and develop theoretical approaches for this type of academic exploration.An international team of researchers with different disciplinary backgrounds, research experiences and language skills will conduct international comparative research on translation and interpretation at different kinds of border in order to develop theory, ethical research practices and research methodologies in relation to multilingual research.
Research Context
Concepts of borders and security/insecurity raise important practical and ethical questions as to how research might be conducted.
Focus on Methods: Part of the innovative nature of the project lies not in using new methods per se, but rather (i) in comparing across discipline-specific methods, (ii) interrogating arts and humanities methods where the
body and body politic are under threat,(iii) in developing theoretical and methodological insights
as a result. There are some pockets of work in disciplines but no
overarching framework across multiple disciplines.
Five Case Studies
1) Global Mental Health: Translating Sexual and Gender Based Trauma (Scotland/Sierra Leone)
2) Law: Translating vulnerability and silence in the legal process (UK/Netherlands)
3) State: Working and Researching Multilingually at State and EU borders (Bulgaria/Romania)
4) Borders: Multilingual Ecologies in American Southwest borderlands
5) Language Education: Arabic as a Foreign Language for International Learners (Gaza)
Two Hubs
Multimodal Complementary Methods
Processes (reflexive, ethical)
Researchers
(Teams, two hubs, five case study sites, three PhDs)
CATC hub
Performance, artisticcreative methods
RMTC hub
Academic, investigative, comparative methods
practice
Outputs
.. which create impact and communicate beyond the theme for a new generation of researchers and stakeholders who have tools, theories and methods for researching multilingually across wide range of disciplines.
Invitation for Participation
Building on former AHRC project Researching Multilingually-> Networking project (Dec 2011 – Nov 2012)
SeminarsOnline researcher network
-> collaborations, Special Issue, funding.. etc
Durham Seminar, March 2012
UWE Seminar, April 2012
Manchester Seminar, May 2012
Invitation for Participation
Building a wider researcher network:
www.researchingmultingually.com
www.researching-multilingually-at-borders.com
Two Prompts
1) What is your experience of doing research in more than one language?
2) What is your experience of becoming aware of the complexities in this area?
Invitation for Participation
300 – 500 words – Same text can be offered in different languages
Personal photo (JPEG)
Modifying or updating profiles is possible (actually encouraged)
Looking forward to receiving your reflections!
