# 18 Jan 13 - Translation and Globalization

#18 Wrap-up, term paper due

# 17 Jan 6 - Translation and Globalization

#17 Research project presentation

這週四是我們最後一次上課，我們改在 Cafe Bastille 上課。

地點：Cafe Bastille
地址：台北市大安區泰順街40巷23號
電話：(02) 2369-9728

大家可以中餐加下午茶一起解決。:)

# 16 Dec 30 - Translation and Globalization

#16 台大地理系黃宗儀教授演講。
講題：「近似家人，實非親故」：移工情感勞動與影像親密性的文化政治
地點：506教室
參考文獻：《面對巨變中的東亞景觀：大都會的自我身分書寫》

# 15 Dec 23 - Translation and Globalization

#15 Don Slater, “Consumption versus Culture”, in Consumer Culture and Modernity. Cambridge: Polity, 1997.

# 14 Dec 16 - Translation and Globalization

#14 Andrew Jones’ talk

# 13 Dec 9 - Translation and Globalization

#13 Anthony Pym, “Globalization and the Politics of Translation Studies”, Meta 51/4, 2006. 744-757.

# 12 Dec 2 - Translation and Globalization

#12 Translation in the Global Village ed. Christina Schäffner, Vlevedon: Multilingual Matters, 2000.

#11 Nov 25 - Translation and Globalization

#11 Johan Heilbron, “Towards A Sociology of Translation: Book Translations as A Cultural World System” in Critical Readings in Translation Studies, ed. Mona Baker, London: Routledge, 2010.
李根芳，2010。〈台灣兩性關係暢銷書的翻譯與性別再現〉《廣譯》No. 3 (Jan): 21-42。

# 10 Nov 18 - Translation and Globalization

#10 “Technologies of Post-human development and the Potential for Global Citizenship” in Globalization: Critical Concepts in Sociology, vol. III, pp. 226-246.

# 9 Nov 11 - Translation and Globalization

#9 Christian Nord’s talk

# 8 Nov 4 - Translation and Globalization

#8 individual proposal discussion

# 7 Oct 28 - Translation and Globalization

#7 The Local/Global Dilemma “Globalisation or glocalisation?” Roland Robertson in Globalization: Critical Concepts in Sociology, vol. III, pp. 31-51.
**proposal submission: one page in length with a working title, brief description of your topic, methodology, and bibliography

# 6 Oct 21 - Translation and Globalization

#6 “’Globalization,’ Culture, and the University” Masao Miyoshi in The Cultures of Globalization, Eds. Fredric Jameson & Masao Miyoshi, Durham: Duke UP, 1998. 247-270.

# 5 Oct 14 - Translation and Globalization

#5 “How sushi went global,” Theordore C. Bestor & “McDonald’s in Hong Kong,” James L. Watson in The Globalization Reader, pp. 121-5, 126-134.

# 4 Oct 7 - Translation and Globalization

#4 Film screening, “The World Is Flat”

# 3 Sept 30 - Translation and Globalization

#3 “Disjuncture and difference in the global cultural economy,” in Globalization: Critical Concepts in Sociology, vol. I, pp. 251-264.

# 2 Sept 23 - Translation and Globalization

#2 “The discourse of cultural imperialism,” John Tomlinson in Globalization: Critical Concepts in Sociology, vol. IV, pp. 85-118.

# 1 Sept 16 -Translation and Globalization

#1 Introduction: “Globalization: An Overview,” Roland Robertson and Kathleen E. White in Globalization: Critical Concepts in Sociology, vol. I, pp. 1-44.

Translation and Globalization

Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpretation
National Taiwan Normal University

Translation and Globalization（翻譯與全球化）

Instructor: Ken-fang Lee （李根芳）
E-mail: kenfanglee@gmail.com
Office Hours: 10am-12pm Wednesday or by appointment
Required Texts: The required reading for each class will be compiled in one course pack

Grading: class participation: 20%, pre-course comments/feedback and presentation 30%, term paper 50%

Requirements: submit a 300-word comments and/or feedback of the article we read in each class

Term Paper: This course requires a research paper, 8-10 pages in length (roughly 5000 words in English or 8000 words in Chinese), typed with footnotes and a bibliography using the MLA style. Submit TWO typed copies, the original and a photocopy. The original will be returned with comments; the copy will be retained by the instructor. If only one copy of your paper is received, it will be graded but not returned.

References:
Appadurai, Arjun. 1996. Modernity at Large. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P.
Bauman, Zygmunt. 1998. Globalization: The Human Consequences. NY: Columbia UP.
Cronin, Michael. 2003. Translation and Globalization. London: Routledge.
Lechner, Frank J. & John Boli. Eds. 2008. The Globalization Reader. 3rd Ed. London: Blackwell.
Robertson, Roland & Kathleen E. White. Eds. 2003. Globalization: Critical Concepts in Sociology, vol. I-VI. London: Routledge.