Peripheral vision and challenging invisibilities: theoretical and methodological reflections on the “digitized turn” and “born-digital” sources in archives of translation and translators

Freeth, Peter J. (2023) Peripheral vision and challenging invisibilities: theoretical and methodological reflections on the “digitized turn” and “born-digital” sources in archives of translation and translators. Translation in Society, 2 (2). pp. 213-234. ISSN 2667-3037

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This article presents a discussion of the theoretical and methodological challenges posed by digitization processes and born-digital sources within translation and translator studies research, particularly in archival contexts. It begins by demonstrating how the digitization of archives and source materials remains an undertheorized issue in translation contexts, as well as the need to understand how digitization allows new forms of “peripheral vision” across our research and publication processes. Subsequently, the article problematizes the archiving and use of born-digital sources to research translation and translators, particularly in terms of issues surrounding data collection, access and ethics. In doing so, this article argues that care must be taken to properly understand and preserve the digital sources that will enable archival research in the future, whilst emphasizing the new opportunities presented by digitized and born-digital sources to challenge the invisibility of translation and translators within many of the world’s archives and histories.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	archival research; digital sources; digital turn; digitization; research ethics; social history; translation history; translator archives; translator studies
Subjects:	400 Language 400 Language > 410 Linguistics 400 Language > 490 Other languages 900 History & geography > 990 History of other areas
Department:	Guildhall School of Business and Law
Depositing User:	Peter Freeth
Date Deposited:	11 Sep 2023 08:55
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2023 08:55
URI:	https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/id/eprint/8759

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