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 Crises
1. 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 Croatia
Vedrana 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 Settings
5. 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 Crises
9. 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)

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