The Mediating Emergencies Group of the Centre for Intercultural Mediation, with the support of the Institute of Advanced Studies, Durham University and under the egis of the Institute of Advanced Computing Research, Durham University organize the IV International conference Translating Voices, Translating Regions.

Venue: Elvet Riverside II, room 201, Durham University, UK

Dates: 2.10.2014 – 4.10.2014

Times: 9:30-18:00

The fourth International conference aims to address questions around the role of interpreters and translators as mediators in situations of sudden or continued emergency. After a landslide, a tsunami, an earthquake and other natural disasters, the arrival of humanitarian organizations, NGOs, and individuals from around the world has become a demonstration of international solidarity. Medical operation and rescue operations takes precedence, then reconstruction and collaboration with the local authorities to understand the large mass of data on the causes, effects, and consequences of the event begin. Yet, project managing rescue operations, tasks forces, and their immediate follow-up activities in situations of danger and disaster and coordinating groups of rescuers and local people with different nationalities, emergency procedures, languages, and social behaviour remain problems of mediation. More.

See: Durham University

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