Intercultural Crisis Communication

Federico M. Federici is an Associate Professor in Translation Studies at the Centre for Translation Studies, University College London, UK.Christophe Declercq is a Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies at the Centre for Translation Studies, University College London, UK and a Lecturer in Translation at KU Leuven, Belgium.

• Introduction: Words of Empathy, Access, and Relief, Christophe Declercq (University College London, UK) and Federico M. Federici (University College London, UK)Part I: Integrating People in Movement in Regional Crises1. The Counter Narratives of Migrants and Cultural Mediators, Stefania Taviano (University of Messina, Italy)2. Language Mediation in Emergency Migration Contexts: a Case Study of the Migrant Crisis 2015 in CroatiaVedrana Cemerin (University of Applied Sciences Velika Gorica, Croatia) 3. The Role of the Translator and Interpreter in Terrorist Conflicts, Carmen Pena-Díaz (Universidad de Alcalá, Spain)4. Language, Culture and Perceived Ethnic Homeland Integration: Syrian Armenian Forced Migrants in Armenia (2011-2016) Daria Vorobyeva (University of St Andrews, UK)Part II: Integrating Intercultural Communication in Crisis-affected Health Settings5. Medical Translations in Crisis Situations, Vicent Montalt (Universitat Jaume I de Castelló, Spain)6. Intercultural Mediation in Healthcare: Thematic Analysis, from the Interpreters’ Perspective, Izabel Emilia Telles de Vasconcelos Souza (Osaka University, Japan)7. Interpreting for Refugees: Empathy and Activism, Marija Todorova (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)8. Voices of Refugee Doctors in the United Kingdom: An Exploration of their Linguistic and Cultural Needs and Aspirations, Ceri Butler (Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK) and Khetam Al Sharou (University College London, UK)Part III: Integrating Cross-National Representations of Local Crises9. On France, Terrorism, and the English Press: Examining the Impact of Style in the News, Ashley Riggs, (University of Geneva, Switzerland and University College London, UK)10. Re-narrating Crisis: A Translation Perspective, Maria Sidiropoulou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)11. Emergenza migranti: From Metaphor to Policy, Federico M. Federici (University College London, UK)Index

In a globalized world rocked by perpetual crisis, few structures are as fragile as those of communication and few issues are as pressing as the mediation of understanding. This book offers a richly documented and persuasive case for innovative approaches in this domain, and in so doing provides a compelling critique of prevailing approaches to this issue.