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This project aims to research interpreting, translation and multilingual practices in challenging contexts, and in doing so to evaluate appropriate research methods (traditional and arts based) and develop theoretical approaches for this type of academic exploration.

• How can translation and interpretationprocesses and practices at the borders oflanguage, the body, law, and the state berigorously theorised and researched, andresearch findings effectively represented andevaluated,inamultilingualmanner?

• How do researchers generate, translate,interpretandwriteupdatafromonelanguagetoanother?

• Whatethicalissuesemergeintheplanningandexecutionofdatacollectionandrepresentationwheremultiplelanguagesarepresent?

• What methods and techniques improveprocessesofresearchingmultilingually?

• How does multimodality complement andfacilitatemultilingualresearchpraxis?

• Howcanresearchersdevelopclearmultilingualresearch practices and yet also be open toemergentresearchdesign?

CASE STUDIES1. Translating the Emotional Impact of Sexual

andGender-BasedTrauma(UK/SierraLeone)

2. TranslatingVulnerabilityandSilenceintotheLegalProcess(UK/Netherlands)

3. Working and Researching Multilingually atState and European Union Borders (Bulgaria/Romania)

4. Multilingual Ecologies in the AmericanSouthwestBorderlands(Arizona)

5. ArabicasaForeignLanguageforInternationalLearners(Gaza)

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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORProfessor Alison Phipps(University of Glasgow)

RESEARCHERSMs Sarah Craig, Dr Julien Danero Iglesias, Dr Katja Frimberger, Dr Robert Gibb, Dr Ross White & Ms Lauren Roberts (University of Glasgow)Dr Mariam Attia & Dr Prue Holmes (Durham University)Dr David Gramling & Dr Chantelle Warner (University of Arizona )Dr Nazmi Al-Masri (Islamic University Gaza)Dr Richard Fay (University of Manchester)Mr Gameli Tordzro (Pan African Arts Scotland )Dr Karin Zwaan (Radboud University)Mr Tawona Sithole (Seeds of Thought )Dr Jane Andrews (University of the West of England)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTThis project is one of three Large Grant Awards under the AHRC Translating Cultures Theme.

Grant Reference: AH/L006936/1University of Glasgow, charity number SC004401

Researching MultilinguallyAttheBordersofLanguage,theBody,LawandtheState Translating Cultures Programme

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