Reading Group: Language

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• Reading group for discussion
• Thursday 02 February 2023, 10:00-12:00
• Room S3, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DT.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Rebecca Roberts.

How can we maintain meaning in local languages, despite necessity for English translation for PhD writing and publishing? When we need to work with a translator, what should we look for in accurate translation? Does your relationship with your translator matter? How this can affect fieldwork interviews? We will explore language and ‘ownership’ – how do we navigate the notion of ‘mother tongue’ vs ‘the other’ language, either in our academic writing or our fieldwork interactions.

Core Reading:

Tanu, D. and Dales, L. (2016), Language in fieldwork: Making visible the ethnographic impact of the researcher’s linguistic fluency. Aust J Anthropol, 27: 353-369. https://doi.org/10.1111/taja.12150

https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/35922/

This talk is part of the South Asia: Women in the Field series.

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• Room S3, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DT
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