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Positioning Of Volunteer Interpreters In The Field Of Public Service Interpreting In Spanish Hospitals: A Bourdieusian Perspective, Maria A. Aguilar-Solano
Positioning Of Volunteer Interpreters In The Field Of Public Service Interpreting In Spanish Hospitals: A Bourdieusian Perspective, Maria A. Aguilar-Solano
Maria Aguilar-Solano
This thesis sets out to investigate the field of public service interpreting in southern Spain, with a particular emphasis on the position of volunteer interpreters working at two different healthcare institutions. It looks at the power relationships that develop between agents that hold different degrees of control and autonomy, especially in a context where individuals hold different forms and volume of capital in each encounter. Drawing on Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice, the study offers an in-depth examination of a group of volunteer interpreters as legitimate agents of the wider field of public service interpreting and the sub-field of healthcare interpreting, …
“Family Diversity & Gender” (Eds. Of Special Issue), Barbara Barbosa Neves
“Family Diversity & Gender” (Eds. Of Special Issue), Barbara Barbosa Neves
Barbara Barbosa Neves
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Utilizing The Past To Shape The Future: The Rehabilitation Of Child Soldiers In Darfur, Michael K. Marriott
Utilizing The Past To Shape The Future: The Rehabilitation Of Child Soldiers In Darfur, Michael K. Marriott
Michael K Marriott
Child soldiering, an unfortunate reality of war, has become increasingly common in modern warfare. With world attention focused on the genocide taking place in the Darfur region of Sudan, issues regarding the use of child soldiers in the conflict have come to light. By providing an overview of the use of child soldiers both globally and in Sudan, discussing the relevant legal norms theoretically governing the country and providing a case study on Sierra Leone, this paper ultimately provides an analysis and proposed framework for comprehensive programs that could be put into action after cessation of hostilities in an attempt …
Exploring The Boundaries: Attitudinal Autonomy In Healthcare Interpreting, Maria A. Aguilar-Solano
Exploring The Boundaries: Attitudinal Autonomy In Healthcare Interpreting, Maria A. Aguilar-Solano
Maria Aguilar-Solano
Patients who visit hospitals on the southern coast of Spain range from social immigrants such as tourists and EU expatriate residents to economic immigrants from less developed countries. Both groups have in common their lack of ability to communicate in Spanish. However, while for the first group qualified interpreters are easily accessed, for the second there is a lack of them. As a result, healthcare interpreters must deal with many different agents and an ever-changing social context as regards the power relations that are constantly emerging between doctors and patients. This divergence affects the way interpreters are perceived by healthcare …
بررسي ويژگي هاي رفتاري و روحي افراد در جامعه ما در طول يك هفته, Sajjad Khaksari
بررسي ويژگي هاي رفتاري و روحي افراد در جامعه ما در طول يك هفته, Sajjad Khaksari
SAJJAD KHAKSARI
نهاد بشر: هر چند از تفاوت بينش ها و روش ها سخن به ميـان رفـت امـا قاطبـه جامعـه انسـاني بسياري از اصول و روش ها و منش هاي اخلاقي و اجتماعي را به صورت فطري ارج مي نهند. انسان ها از آزار رساندن و آزار ديدن ، ناراست شنيدن و ناراست گفتن ، فسـاد مـالي و جنسـي و جسمي و ... رو گردان هستند