31st August 2015 - 1st September 2015
Integrating Multimodality in the study of Dialogue Interpreting
This two-day workshop will address specific questions relating to DI and multimodality, such as: what are the affordances and constraints of applying a multimodal approach to the study of DI? What concepts and methods of multimodality do we have now and how are they used to analyse monolingual communication? How can multimodal methods be applied to DI? How can a multimodal approach to DI inform the design of communication tools?
This two-day international workshop represents a very timely first step towards the advancement of multimodal approaches to the study of Dialogue Interpreting (DI). Current research on DI, which is a key practice in the present era of globalization, migration and mobility, has not fully accounted for the variety of integrated resources participants employ to co-construct meaning (verbal and embodied). The workshop therefore aims to address the urgent need to develop novel, rigorous and holistic research methods to investigate the interplay between multiple levels of interaction in DI, which is further strengthened by the emergence of new modes of interpreting, such as video-mediated interpreting. To this end, scholars from various fields of study (interpreting, multimodality, communication, sociology, theatre, ICTs, etc.) are invited to contribute to the process of consolidating this new area of enquiry.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Cecilia Wadensjö, Stockholm University, Sweden
Lorenza Mondada, University of Basel, Switzerland
Christian Licoppe, Telecom ParisTech, France
Claudia Angelelli, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland
Franz Pöchhacker, University of Vienna, Austria
Jemina Napier, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland
Sergio Pasquandrea, University of Perugia, Italy
Claudio Bendazzoli, University of Turin, Italy
WORKSHOP ORGANISERS
Elena Davitti and Sabine Braun, Centre for Translation Studies, School of English and Languages, University of Surrey
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
David Frohlich, Professor of Interaction Design and Director of DWRC (Digital World Research Centre)
Rosina Marquez Reiter, Reader in Communication, School of English and Languages
Kirk Woolford, Reader and Subject Leader in Digital Media Arts, School of Arts
POST EVENT PUBLICATION
Davitti Elena (2018) Methodological explorations of interpreter-mediated interaction: novel insights from multimodal analysis, Qualitative Research.
Special Issue: Multimodality: Methodological Explorations 19 (1) pp. 7-29 SAGE Publications