Full Description
With the rapidly developing globalization of various sectors of modern life, individuals, organizations, and nations are becoming increasingly aware of the ways in which cultural diversity may not only be a potential cause of conflict but also a source of growth, creativity, and inspiration. If, traditionally, intercultural mediation has been understood as a conflict-solving strategy, or as a means to facilitate communication between individuals from different cultural backgrounds, this book aims at providing a framework and a set of theoretical reflections towards a larger vision of the field, presenting mediation as a particular form of critical intervention within the different domains of the humanities. The contributions in the present volume take intercultural mediation to be a multifaceted, interdisciplinary phenomenon, impacting upon the fields of linguistics and literature as well as translation and cultural studies, where themes such as interculturality, multilingualism, and cultural transfer are continual and urgent features of contemporary discourse and debate.
Contents
Introduction Part 1. Cultural Studies "There is no Normal Way of Doing Things...": Interculturality and the Development of Intercultural Competence, by Angela Vaupel Intercultural Communication, by Jean-Rene Ladmiral Intercultural Fallacies. Towards a Negative Normativity for Intercultural Dialogue in Latin America, by Carlos Miguel Gomez Transfers in Cultural Studies between France and the United States of America. Possibilities for Intercultural Competence, by Vanessa Besand Part 2. Translation Studies Modes of Transit: Cultural Translation, Appropriation, and Intercultural Transfers, by Diego Saglia Translating Ulysses in the Era of Public Joyce: A Return to Interpretation, by Enrico Terrinoni Intercultural Theatre: Renegotiating Time and Place in Drama Translation Monica Randaccio Part 3. Literature Voices from the East: Eastern European Influences on Seamus Heaney's Non-Poetic Works, by Franck Miroux Translation as Intercultural Mediation in the Work of Seamus Heaney, by Cliona Ni Riordain "The Other Myself", by Anne-Marie Picard Part 4. Linguistics Interethnic Communication and Cultural Memory in the Russian-Chinese Border Area, by Kapitolina Fedorova Interpreters and Their Role as Mediators: A Study of German-Kyrgyz Project Communication, by Gwendolin Lauterbach Cultural, Compositional and Linguistic Aspects of French Hotel Websites. With an Outlook on German Websites, by Nadine Rentel Contributors
