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The Critical Link Conference
Reminder:
The 6th International Conference Critical Link will be held from 26-30 July
2010 at Aston University in Birmingham, United Kingdom . The main theme is
'Interpreting in a Changing Landscape'. Call for Papers is below. The deadline for the submission of
abstracts is 31 October 2009. Abstract submission and registration can now
be done online at
http://www.aston.ac.uk/CL2010
Call for Papers
The Organising Committee would like to invite you to submit an abstract for a presentation at the Critical Link 2010 Conference. This Call includes submissions for papers, poster sessions, discussion panels, workshops, round table discussions, and pre- & post-conference workshops.
The Conference will bring together representatives from every sphere of the public service interpreting community: academics, interpreting practitioners, employers, trainers, policy makers, service providers and service recipients to shed new light on the vital role that public service/community interpreters play in our world.
The conference theme is Interpreting in a Changing Landscape. The aim is to explore political, legal, human rights, trans-national, economic, socio-cultural, and sociolinguistic aspects of public service/community interpreting. Abstracts of papers relating to the following key strands in interpreting research and practice will be prioritised for inclusion in the programme:
1. Commissioning of interpreting services
a. National and political responsibility for service provision
b. Public awareness of costs and benefits
c. The role of national and multinational interpreting agencies
d. The practice of outsourcing interpreting services
e. The role of the state in the certification of public service interpreters
f. Analysing demand for interpreting services
2. Professional governance within public service/community interpreting
a. Codes of Ethics and Conduct, disciplinary procedures
b. The role of professional associations
c. Professional registers, local lists and trade unions
d. Performance management of interpreters - monitoring, feedback and supervision
e. Regulation of interpreters and of interpreter services
f. Quality assurance mechanisms and external validation systems
g. Advocate, mediator, culture broker, interpreter: one job or many?
h. The rights of immigrants and asylum seekers to communication services
3. Using innovative practice and new technologies to improve public service interpreting
a. Telephone, Video, Remote interpreting
b. Telecommunication and Webstream interpreting
c. Terminology storage and retrieval
d. The virtual courtroom
e. Interpreting in conflict zones
4. Interpreter training and education
a. Who sets the standards and what are they?
b. Who should provide training and who should fund it?
c. Technology in interpreter education
d. Access to training
e. Assessment, accreditation and qualifications
f. Training the trainers
g. Less widely-taught languages
h. Role of private accrediting bodies
5. Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
a. Models of CPD for interpreters
b. Language enhancement programmes
c. Progression routes and rewards for excellence
d. In-service training for public sector staff
6. Research
a. Social impact of research
b. Innovative research methods
c. Interdisciplinary research in legal, medical, social services and local government settings
d. Interpreting in humanitarian or military intervention
e. Practitioners as researchers
Abstracts should be approximately 300 words and written in English. When submitting your abstract, please specify the format and which of the strands your contribution will address: paper (20 minutes + 10 minutes discussion), poster, workshop, panel, round table discussion (90 minutes). Proposals for pre-and post-conference workshops are also invited and should be labelled accordingly.
Key Dates:
Deadline for submission to Critical Link 6 of abstracts and proposals: 31 October 2009
Notification of acceptance: 20 January 2010
Deadline for presenters to confirm participation by registering: 1 March 2010
Draft Programme will be available on: 1 May 2010
Registration will begin on: 1 April 2009
For more information please refer to the Critical Link 6 website at http://www.aston.ac.uk/CL2010.
Reminder:
The 6th International Conference Critical Link will be held from 26-30 July
2010 at Aston University in Birmingham, United Kingdom . The main theme is
'Interpreting in a Changing Landscape'. Call for Papers is below. The deadline for the submission of
abstracts is 31 October 2009. Abstract submission and registration can now
be done online at
http://www.aston.ac.uk/CL2010
Call for Papers
The Organising Committee would like to invite you to submit an abstract for a presentation at the Critical Link 2010 Conference. This Call includes submissions for papers, poster sessions, discussion panels, workshops, round table discussions, and pre- & post-conference workshops.
The Conference will bring together representatives from every sphere of the public service interpreting community: academics, interpreting practitioners, employers, trainers, policy makers, service providers and service recipients to shed new light on the vital role that public service/community interpreters play in our world.
The conference theme is Interpreting in a Changing Landscape. The aim is to explore political, legal, human rights, trans-national, economic, socio-cultural, and sociolinguistic aspects of public service/community interpreting. Abstracts of papers relating to the following key strands in interpreting research and practice will be prioritised for inclusion in the programme:
1. Commissioning of interpreting services
a. National and political responsibility for service provision
b. Public awareness of costs and benefits
c. The role of national and multinational interpreting agencies
d. The practice of outsourcing interpreting services
e. The role of the state in the certification of public service interpreters
f. Analysing demand for interpreting services
2. Professional governance within public service/community interpreting
a. Codes of Ethics and Conduct, disciplinary procedures
b. The role of professional associations
c. Professional registers, local lists and trade unions
d. Performance management of interpreters - monitoring, feedback and supervision
e. Regulation of interpreters and of interpreter services
f. Quality assurance mechanisms and external validation systems
g. Advocate, mediator, culture broker, interpreter: one job or many?
h. The rights of immigrants and asylum seekers to communication services
3. Using innovative practice and new technologies to improve public service interpreting
a. Telephone, Video, Remote interpreting
b. Telecommunication and Webstream interpreting
c. Terminology storage and retrieval
d. The virtual courtroom
e. Interpreting in conflict zones
4. Interpreter training and education
a. Who sets the standards and what are they?
b. Who should provide training and who should fund it?
c. Technology in interpreter education
d. Access to training
e. Assessment, accreditation and qualifications
f. Training the trainers
g. Less widely-taught languages
h. Role of private accrediting bodies
5. Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
a. Models of CPD for interpreters
b. Language enhancement programmes
c. Progression routes and rewards for excellence
d. In-service training for public sector staff
6. Research
a. Social impact of research
b. Innovative research methods
c. Interdisciplinary research in legal, medical, social services and local government settings
d. Interpreting in humanitarian or military intervention
e. Practitioners as researchers
Abstracts should be approximately 300 words and written in English. When submitting your abstract, please specify the format and which of the strands your contribution will address: paper (20 minutes + 10 minutes discussion), poster, workshop, panel, round table discussion (90 minutes). Proposals for pre-and post-conference workshops are also invited and should be labelled accordingly.
Key Dates:
Deadline for submission to Critical Link 6 of abstracts and proposals: 31 October 2009
Notification of acceptance: 20 January 2010
Deadline for presenters to confirm participation by registering: 1 March 2010
Draft Programme will be available on: 1 May 2010
Registration will begin on: 1 April 2009
For more information please refer to the Critical Link 6 website at http://www.aston.ac.uk/CL2010.