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Beyond Words: Multimodal Encounters in Translation

Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge

Research into the theory and practice of translation has traditionally focused on the conversion of source texts into target texts. However, during the past decade the rise and sprawl of digital media has ensured that interconnections between different visual, aural, and oral modalities have acquired much greater cultural prominence – a development that has destabilised […]

Cartonera: Latin American Cardboard Books

The British Library 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB

Cartonera is a contemporary publishing phenomenon that lies at the intersection between cultural trend and social movement, artistic intervention and community project. Known in Latin America as editoriales cartoneras, they are often referred to as ‘cardboard publishers’, because one feature that unites the diverse publishing projects is the material from which they make their books: […]