Translation as Activism: A Conversation

Samia Mehrez, The American University in Cairo (AUC)

Description or Abstract

Listen to Gould and Tahmasebian discuss the role of translation as activisim through a presentation of their coedited volume "The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Activisim". In order to help us understand the potential of translation for activisim and political engagement, the lectures take us through the roles of today's actvitist translators as witness bearers, interpreters, mediators, and revolutionaries. Gould and Tahmasebian's book can be accessed through the AUC library both in hard copy and as an eBook