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Introduction
I think and write about the manifold ways all the little things we say and (thereby) do affect us and those around us. This often means looking at discourses on socially marginalised groups. Maybe relatedly, I sigh a lot. More on my website – michaelen.com
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March 2014 - May 2016
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Translation is a fact of life. It happens in as many ways as there are colours in the rainbow. And once we see it, we can never go back to not seeing it. Meaning (making), understanding (the ‘right’ and the ‘wrong’ things), relating (to the world and to each other) – it all starts with us. Nobody has lived this more colourfully than Michèle Cooke,...
In recent years, there has been increasing interest in translation studies in translation projects involving unpaid, “non-expert” translators. At the same time, the fields of science & technology studies and social movement studies have examined the social knowledge practices at work in social movements. This article discusses the case of a transla...
In this talk, I discuss how the (notion of the) ‘native speaker’ is employed – and also, how it is being challenged – specifically in texts intended to introduce (readers to the field of) Translation Studies, such as handbooks (e.g. Baker 2011; Malmkjær & Windle 2011), ‘companions’ (e.g. Bermann & Porter 2014; Kuhiwczak & Littau 2007), and others (...
In this article, we explore gender discourses in the Austrian far right to provide insights into the strategies used to construct, advocate and uphold a very particular gender worldview. Specifically, we focus on a 2008 publication by Barbara Rosenkranz (representing the far-right Austrian Freedom Party FPÖ), whose book supposedly reveals a conspir...
The online community reddit seems to offer countless opportunities for the expression of sexual identities in specific groups called ‘subreddits’ – from those who play their part in the ‘maledom sexology’ to others who ‘celebrate’ ‘femboys’ or ‘girls with glasses’ to ‘gay bros’ doing ‘guy stuff’, and ‘actual lesbians’ escaping the ‘male gaze’. The...
