Talk: Sebnem Susam-Saraeva
Dr Susam-Saraeva examines emergent translation practices in the blogs of Turkish mothers.
Blogger Mothers, Voice and Translation
Dr Sebnem Susam-Saraeva (University of Edinburgh)
Dr Susam-Saraeva's focused on how blogging women, especially blogger mothers in Turkey, use their writing practices to approach their lives, subjectivities and experiences and how they intertwine their own voices with those of foreign experts through various forms of translation for strategic purpose. The frequent recourse to foreign sources found in these blogs can be interpreted as a way to professionalize and neutralize the field and to camouflage or circumvent any immediate generational conflicts the bloggers might be experiencing within their lives. The voices of the foreign experts are therefore strategically interwoven with the voice of the blogger. The talk will bring examples from these interwoven voices and will focus on the various ways translation practices emerge in these blogs.