Scientific Network “Participatory Translation Studies. Heteroglossic communication from an actors´ centered perspective”

• Applicant: Professorin Dr. Martina Schrader-Kniffki
• Subject Area: General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
• Term: since 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 445467008

The aim of this project is to create a scientific network of scholars whose common interest is the investigation of heteroglossic communication situations and translation dynamics in complex, diverse societies from the perspective of social actors´ participation. As a result of an increasing tension between democratic self-understanding and social diversity, the socio-political concept of participation has gained in relevance and is seen as an important key to the implementation of equal rights and social integration. The network adopts an innovative perspective on forms of multilingual communication, community interpreting including court interpreting and community translation with a special focus on their actors. The aim is to use empirical studies for the development of new theoretical definitions of translation and interpreting that refer to changing multilingual practices in the field of dialogical interpreting and translation. The overarching result of the network's research will be a more detailed definition and consolidation of the concept of 'participatory translation and interpreting'; the concrete result will be a joint publication on the topic of the network.

• DFG Programme: Scientific Networks