ARTIS is having an event hosted by the University of Manchester this month and the topics evolve around popular culture and translation politics.
The event features the following speakers:
Dr Carol O’Sullivan (University of Bristol) Popular Culture and the Object of Study in Audiovisual Translation Studies
Dr Heather Inwood (University of Manchester) Transformative Work: New Participatory Culture from Audience Engagement to Fan Productivity
Dr Luis Perez-Gonzalez (University of Manchester) Investigating Digitally Born Translation Agencies in the Context of Popular Culture.
Professor Randa Abou-bakr (Cairo University) Mock Translation in the Blogosphere: The Creation of an Alternative Discourse.