*UPDATE: This event has been cancelled because of the UCU strike*
This event brings together interpreters, psychotherapists, charity workers and academics, to discuss (1) how charities can collaborate effectively with interpreters working with vulnerable populations, and (2) how interpreters can cope with highly-charged emotional interactions.
This event will draw on the applicants’ research in the areas of interpreting and emotional processing in order to disseminate and exploit information on coping mechanisms and ethical interpreting practices with volunteer linguists working with charities, and invite reflections from a wide range of participants who are involved in the provision of interpreting services for vulnerable citizens on the fringes of society for whom English is not their first language.
To this end, the event will include presentations with invited speakers (e.g. psychotherapist, interpreter, researcher) and opportunities for informal discussions and reflections from participants. The hope is to create wider awareness and understanding of this type of work and to provide participants with resources that they can make use of and benefit from when working in these culturally and linguistically sensitive contexts.
Programme
09:30 Registration, coffee and biscuits
10:00 Introductory remarks
10:15 'The health challenges affecting marginalised communities', Dr Peter Keogh, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Open University
11:00 'The multilingual work of charities: how to collaborate with volunteer interpreters', Cari Bottois, Coordinator for Charity Translators
11:45 Break
12:00 'Interpreting for vulnerable people', Sue Leschen, Freelance interpreter and translator
12:45 Sharing experiences: group discussions
13:15 Lunch
14:00 'Emotion regulation in multilingual settings', Dr Séverine Hubscher-Davidson, Senior Lecturer in French and Translation, The Open University
14:45 'Minimising susceptibility to vicarious trauma', Dr Beverley Costa, Senior Practitioner Fellow and Psychotherapist, DPsych, UKCP approved supervisor, MBACP
15:30 Coffee and biscuits
15:45 'Technological and ethical solutions to improve language access', Dr Jérôme Devaux, Lecturer in French and Interpreting, The Open University
16:30 Round table discussion
17:00 Closing remarks
Please note that this event will be live streamed and made available to the public via the internet. Audience members are participants in this process. To book tickets for the event, please visit theeventbrite page here. If you would like to attend the event in person, please register for the following ticket type: General Admission [attending in person]. If you would like to view the event live on the day, please register for the following ticket type: General Admission [attending online]. This is the link to access the livestreamed event : https://bit.ly/2CnFLpy
For any organisational enquiries, please email: Samantha.Davage@open.ac.uk.