What is it about?
In this conversation, we discuss how objects and narratives both carry and transform the memory of migration across languages, places and generations. We read these processes as forms of translation, understood as a linguistic and cultural practice, using specific examples to discuss successful translations as well as the risks of translation failure. Examples of objects linked to migration range from preciously preserved relics of the past to contemporary art works.
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Why is it important?
The conversation engages with debates on translation, migration, and memory, providing reflections on contemporary social phenomena and artistic practices.
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The article started as a live conversation which took us to some expected and some unexpected places. In its published form, we hope it still retains some of the liveliness and spontaneity of that initial exchange.
Loredana Polezzi
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This page is a summary of: Translation and the material experience of migration, Translation and Interpreting Studies, July 2022, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/tis.00053.lor.
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