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Seminar: Translations/Transpositions - - 'Intermedia’ translation
- led by Dr Mi Zhou (2009-11), more ...

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Rationale for this strand of the seminar

Under the umbrella term of Intermediality, broadly defined as a form of interdisciplinarity, Aftermath and Legacies is the first strand of seminars to be launched in collaboration with SSEES. This strand takes a historical event – the disintegration of former Yugoslavia – and examines the political, social and cultural consequences of it. Underlying this series is the notion the arts and social sciences are not disparate or insular disciplines, but are mutually influential and negotiating. Particularly in a post-conflict environment where new nations are born and the project of nation-building is a conscious and conscientious effort, arts and social sciences often work together. But there are always unintended consequences of this collaboration.

The first part of this series, taking place in March 2010, will focus on the social and political aftermath and address the question such as what is the communist legacy? And is the impact of foreign funding in post conflict societies? How do education policies and funding change ethnic identity? The second part of the series will concentrate more firmly on the arts: what is the ongoing importance of popular music? How do films from the former Yugoslavia deal with the trauma of being born of a country that no longer exists?

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