Translatio/n : Narration, Media and the Staging of Differences

As recent years have revealed, the concept of "translation" has grown increasingly important in a globalizing world and a multi-media society. Seeing translation as the negotiation of differences across identity constructions not only contributes to the understanding of contemporary cultural processes, but also makes it possible to find orientation and critical discerning in constantly changing social, political, and media spaces. This collection of essays discusses the "translational turn," proposing new theoretical approaches and providing new insights into the relation between narration and the construction of identity, between translation processes and the media.