by Jonathan Downie Recently, I attended the Engaging Research Day at Heriot-Watt University. Not only did I get to take home a nice certificate and hear Graham Turner scoop first place (I’ll beat him next year) but I got to hear stories of how academics of all stripes are going out and interacting with the […]
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Reporting from "Can Scotland Play a Leading Role in Defining Heritage?"
by Emma Hill What is Scotland’s relationship with the UNESCO Charter for the Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage? What should it be? How can ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’ be defined? Should it be defined at all? Can ‘heritage’ be split into ‘tangible’ and ‘intangible’ features? Should it be split? Who defines a ‘heritage’ project? What does ‘community’ […]
Can Scotland play a leading role in redefining Heritage?
The Intercultural Research Centre in LINCS is leading the next event in the Thought Leadership Series, which will take place on Wednesday 27th May 2015 at 6.00pm at the Postgraduate Centre, Heriot-Watt University, with the title “Can Scotland play a leading role in redefining Heritage?” Before the referendum the SNP promised that in the event of a […]
Justisigns: Promoting access to legal settings for deaf sign language users
Written by Robert Skinner Click here to see a BSL version of this blog How accessible is your local police force? Is your local police force prepared for a situation that involves a deaf person? What about the interpreting provisions? What specific training is needed to improve interpreting standards that go on to protect deaf […]
Future directions for Scotland’s culture
by Cristina Clopot Last Sunday was a day of passionate discussions at the Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh. What’s next for Scotland’s culture? This was the central question posed by a group of cultural activists in an event organized under the umbrella of the festival TradFest. The event, coordinated by cultural activist Mairi McFadyen, with the […]
In a nutshell
by Katerina Strani Last week’s post was about the language of reason in multilingual / multicultural societies. If you’re looking for something more succinct on this topic, check out the following video. Comments are welcome (yes, I will stick to my day job).
The Language of Reason
by Katerina Strani A café. Once a dedicated space where people gathered to discuss culture and politics. A space of arguing, debating, learning. A space where public opinion was formed and authority was challenged, contested, or at least influenced. A public sphere: a communicative space where people gathered to talk about public matters – politics. Their […]
Why Interpreters Should Forget About Quality (and concentrate on value)
by Jonathan Downie How can we define “quality” in interpreting? What does it mean to be a “good interpreter”? Before I answer that, let me tell you a little story. I was doing chuchotage interpreting at a wood industry conference. The first plenary talk was given by an economist. This particular economist crammed as many […]
Looking for participants for anti-racism and anti-discrimination research project
A few months ago we posted some information on a new research project in LINCS on how racist hate crimes are communicatively constructed. The project is called RADAR – Regulating AntiDiscrimination and AntiRacism – JUST/2013/FRAC/AG/6271. It brings together 9 partners from 6 countries and it is funded by the European Commission Directorate General for Justice. The overall aim […]
Exploring Access to Mental Health Care Services for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Patients
by Isabelle Perez The rising prevalence of mental illness is a growing concern for societies worldwide and access to mental health care is one of the top public health priorities in Scotland, as in many countries. In addition, as more and more people migrate and settle or take refuge in countries with a dominant language […]