A Model for Defining the Concept and Practice of Translation, from the Perspective of Greimassian Semiotics

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-244
Author(s):  
Rovena Troqe
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
General Category ◽  
New Model ◽  
Parallel Corpus ◽  
Theoretic Concept ◽  
Logic Operations

In this study, a new model of translation as a general theoretic concept and as a social practice is outlined, drawing form Greimassian semiotics. As a theoretic concept, translation is defined by the Semiotic Square of Translation as the emergence of the general category self coming into being in relation to the category non-self, through the semio-logic operations that correlate the immanent concepts, equivalence and difference. As a social practice, translation arises from the contractual interaction between two actants, the Initiator and the Translator, which operate through acts of manipulation, performance and sanction. This theoretical framework is applied to the study of a parallel corpus.

Philosophical Grounding of Ethics Expertise

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Ana Frunza
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Ethical Theories ◽  
New Model ◽  
Deontological Ethics ◽  
Moral Conduct ◽  
Practical Nature ◽  
Ethics Expertise

The chapter proposes to philosophically ground the ethics expertise in social work, starting from a series of ethics theories: utilitarian ethics, deontological ethics and ethics of virtues. During the foundation of ethics expertise we made conceptual distinctions between the theoretical and practical nature of expertise, between the ethical and the moral one, in order to justify the need for a new model of ethics expertise. In our approach, we debate the influence of such theories in the field of social services, which we consider to be representative in the context of the construction of a new model of ethics expertise, which underlies the constitutive values of social practice. The normativity of the ethical theories is extended to the level of certain different behavioural models and moral reasoning, summing up in practice the frameworks of the moral conduct the individuals can apply, when making an ethical decision, in social or organisational context, namely to determine whether the decision is morally acceptable or not.

scholarly journals Positive Psychology Couple Therapy

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Couple Therapy ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
New Model ◽  
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy ◽  
Emotionally Focused ◽  
The Way

In this paper a new model of couple therapy based on positive psychology which is positive and open compared to many other popular models such as Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT), Imago Therapy and Schema Couple Therapy in the way that it is not constricted by a specific theoretical framework to view the couple and doing therapy as these other models are [1-6]. It will be shown that this model, Positive Psychology Couple Therapy (PPCT) is not only enjoyable but effective as a form of couple therapy and psychotherapy

scholarly journals The purification of violence and the translation of fairy tales: a corpus-based study

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cybelle Saffa Soares
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Corpus Analysis ◽  
Translation Research ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Parallel Corpus ◽  
Descriptive Translation Studies

This study aims to investigate the translation of violence, to propose and to analyse the translation strategies of English Fairytales (EFT) to the Portuguese language. The theoretical framework of this study is based on the interface of Corpus-based Translation Studies (CTS) and Descriptive Translation Studies (DTS). Klingberg (1986) purification concept adapted as translation strategies proposed by Chesterman (1997). For the alignment and corpus analysis, it is used COPA-TRAD – Parallel Corpus for translation research (Fernandes, L. & Silva, 2014). The analysis revealed that the target text had been translated under the moral and religious motivational factors of the source culture because the literature translated in Brazil still had to comply with the Portuguese requirements for translating for children (Coelho, 1987).

scholarly journals On the obligation to make reasonable accommodation for an employee with a disability

2021 ◽  
pp. 203195252110274
Author(s):  
Katja Karjalainen ◽  
Marjo Ylhäinen
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Reasonable Accommodation ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Contractual Relationship ◽  
The Right

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) features interesting labour law related aspects. The goals of this article are to reconcile horizontal human rights and contract law in the context of reasonable accommodation in working life and to establish guidelines by which to assess the obligation to make accommodation, for example in relation to the EU Employment Equality Directive. This article utilises the framework of just social practice, which makes reference to welfarism in Nordic contract law. Just social practice creates a theoretical framework in which to investigate the rights and obligations attached to reasonable accommodation in working life, because it may be argued that its basic premises correspond to the ultimate justification of the accommodation rights provided for by the UNCRPD: the idea of social inclusion. The first part of the article seeks to identify common features between the UNCRPD and contract law. It sketches the theoretical framework of just social practice, in which contract law and human rights coincide within the context of employment. The second part of the article elaborates what the process of reasonable accommodation within the framework of just social practice constitutes and introduces specific steps that are followed when the right to accommodation is in question. The article also identifies the factors that have an influence on reasonableness evaluations as being either internal or external to the contractual relationship and exemplifies how contract law principles are to be applied when assessing reasonableness. The article argues that reconciliation of the goals of private law and human rights within the framework of just social practice makes it possible to argue that contract law principles can function as a tool for social inclusion.

scholarly journals “On Holidays, I Forget Everything… Even My Ecological Footprint”: Sustainable Tourism through Daily Practices or Compartmentalisation as a Keyword?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 4731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amélie Anciaux
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The Past ◽  
Empirical Material

In today’s struggle against climate change and for less dependence on fossil fuels, why do people who adopt practices with a lower impact on the environment forget them during their holidays? This contribution sheds new light on sustainable tourism by focusing on daily practices during holidays. Based on the concrete practices of holidaymakers, this contribution proposes to understand some factors and contexts favouring the persistence, the transformation or the abandonment of sustainable practice(s) during holidays. The theoretical framework of this research mainly draws on social practice theories. The empirical material is made of 38 biographical in-depth and crossed interviews: twenty on daily practices with young adults (25–35 years old) who have adopted at least one more sustainable daily practice and who went on holidays for the past year reinforced by 18 interviews with some of their parents.

scholarly journals A New Model for Access in the Museum

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Papalia
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
New Model

<p>A blind social practice artist, describes his own work&mdash;and play&mdash;in and around museums, and volunteers his services as access coordinator to any museum willing to rise to the challenge of his provocations.&nbsp;</p><p>Key words: Blind artist, social practice art, blind access to museums.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

scholarly journals Security Networks

2019 ◽  
pp. 277-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald van Steden ◽  
Robert van Putten ◽  
Jan Hoogland
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Professional Behavior ◽  
Organizational Networks ◽  
Security Governance ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Nodal Governance ◽  
Complex Settings

Studies into organizational networks and governance tend to analyze professional behavior through the lens of rational (self)interest, resources, conflict, and power relations. However legitimate, this viewpoint overlooks the normative dimensions of networks. Therefore, in studying nodal security governance, the authors introduce the concept of “social practice,” which highlights the intrinsic normativity of what networked actors do. Social practices, they argue, deepen the theory of nodal governance by focusing more precise attention on the mentalities and value-laden characteristics of actors in highly complex settings. Drawing on this insight, the chapter presents a theoretical framework for analyzing social practices in nodal security governance, after which an empirical example concretizes our rather abstract line of reasoning.

scholarly journals Higher Education and Local Economic Development

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernesto Tavoletti
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
New Model ◽  
Academic Knowledge ◽  
The World

It is an intellectual necessity for universities to be open to participation by scholars and students all over the world; despite this, their sources of funding are almost entirely domestic and primarily governmental. The downloading of universities from national to regional government means that funding is increasingly even regional or local. Policy makers, firms and students, who are increasingly funding universities, are not interested in the development of academic knowledge: they demand teaching, research and services that are useful for local economic development and employability. As a consequence there is a divergence between the aspirations of universities and their stakeholders' needs. Establishing beneficial relations between universities and their stakeholders is vital for the survival of European districts and clusters of SMEs. The research highlights how critical the dilemma is and suggests a theoretical framework for resolving it, through the introduction of a new model of governance for universities and a new concept of knowledge.

Ethics

2020 ◽  
pp. 281-306
Author(s):  
Ariana Phillips-Hutton ◽  
Nanette Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Musical Experience ◽  
New Model ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Field Of Inquiry ◽  
Distinct Field

Despite its lengthy history and ongoing vitality, tracing the relationship between music and ethics as a distinct field remains challenging. This chapter offers an overview of several historical strands of thought on music and ethics before engaging in more depth with recent studies in both musicological and philosophical literatures. It seeks to develop a new model for thinking about the relationship between music and ethics, or what it calls a musical ethics. This consensual model considers the musical experience as relational and intuitive, and as an embodied and emergent social practice that highlights questions of (inter)subjectivity and agency. The chapter argues that thinking of musical ethics foregrounds the benefit of rigorous interdisciplinary consideration of music and ethics as an integrated field of inquiry and highlights the intertwining concerns as well as distinctive characteristics of the constituent parts of this field. It closes with an illustration of the musical ethics model via an analysis of singer-songwriter Imogen Heap’s 2005 hit song “Hide and Seek” before drawing out some of the implications of this work for future research.

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