Pedagogies of Translation: Lecture and Workshop Series

Translation as a Framework for Designing Inclusive Programs and Curricula

In this presentation, Gonzales will argue that multilingual students, through their experiences with translation, have important strengths and experiences that should be centralized in the development of all writing programs. Drawing on ethnographic research with multilingual communicators in various contexts, Gonzales will demonstrate how the work of multilingual communities, such as translating, collaborating, and advocating, can inform pedagogies (in both writing courses and beyond) focused on social justice. Since multilingual communities are in the practice of making information accessible to various audiences, multilingual frameworks for rhetorically navigating communication can be useful avenues for teaching within and beyond the University. Centralizing translation as a tool for making information accessible and engaging in conversations about how meaning is negotiated across contexts can be useful to faculty and students across fields and disciplines, including the sciences and humanities. RSVP here.

Translating Assignment Sheets to Engage in Rhetorical Negotiation: A Multilingual Approach to Developing Accessible Writing Pedagogies

In this interactive workshop, attendees will apply translation frameworks and strategies, such as collaboration and negotiation, to the design and interpretation of writing assignment sheets. Using translation as a framework to understand how students interpret writing tasks can help writing instructors to better understand how the language we use to describe writing tasks can have multiple different interpretations. By centralizing translation as a regular classroom practice for all students, writing instructors can both make their classrooms more accessible for multilingual students and encourage all students to ask important questions about how writing-related concepts can take on different meanings based on rhetorical situations. RSVP here.