Interpreting the Peace

Peace Operations, Conflict and Language in Bosnia-Herzegovina

By: C. Baker, M. Kelly

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Hardcover | 15 October 2011 | Edition Number 1

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In the early twentieth century, missionary expositions were a central event in the religious life of many Americans. They also converged with the research agenda of anthropology, which was then defined by museum work. This thoughtfully researched book brings the untold history of the World in Boston of 1911 to light. Extraordinary in terms of content, geographic scope, and attendance, "America's First Great Missionary Exposition" was conceived on the model of world's fairs, and grew out of an established tradition of missionary exhibitions. This compelling history reveals how the material culture of missions shaped domestic interactions with evangelism, Christianity, and the consumption of ethnological knowledge.

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'Language mediation for peacekeeping forces is an important field, but one that has hitherto attracted little academic scrutiny. This excellent and appealing book helps put that balance right.' - Translation Studies

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Preface and Acknowledgements	p. vii
About the Authors	p. ix
List of Abbreviations	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Interpreting the peace	p. 2
Bosnia-Herzegovina during the 1990s	p. 4
Naming the language(s)	p. 9
Constructing an oral archive	p. 11
Serving in a Foreign Field	p. 17
Existing linguistic capital	p. 17
Basic language training	p. 26
Colloquial speakers	p. 31
Conclusion	p. 39
The Multiple Roles of Military Interpreters	p. 42
Training specialist linguists	p. 44
The tasks of specialist linguists	p. 51
Challenging roles	p. 56
Conclusion	p. 61
Language Support on the Ground under UNPROFOR	p. 62
British language support in central Bosnia	p. 64
The reproduction of experience	p. 68
The supervisory relationship and its limitations	p. 73
Spatial, social and sexual relations	p. 76
The end of BRITBAT in central Bosnia	p. 83
Improving Language Support	p. 86
The need for language support	p. 86
Organization of language support	p. 90
Quality assurance	p. 92
Recruitment and training of people	p. 96
The NATO quality audit	p. 99
Establishing the Linguistic Services Branch	p. 102
Improving quality	p. 106
Foreign/Local Encounters in Interpreting	p. 108
Employer/employee relations	p. 109
Economic impacts of the foreign/local interpreting encounter	p. 119
Local interpreters as continuity	p. 124
Nationality, Ethnicity and Trust	p. 130
Determining ethnicity in the field	p. 132
Complicating the concept of ethnicity in Bosnia-Herzegovina	p. 137
Ethnicity, essentialism and native/heritage speakers	p. 140
Foreignness, localness and threat	p. 144
Managing trust in language encounters	p. 148
Neutrality, loyalty and identification	p. 155
Peacebuilding in a Multilingual World	p. 161
Multilingual operations	p. 162
The challenge for French	p. 165
The Russian connection	p. 172
Varieties of English	p. 178
Conclusion	p. 185
Lessons Identified	p. 187
Language capability in the military	p. 187
Civilian language intermediaries	p. 191
Research using narrative interviews	p. 193
Language policy	p. 197
Towards new paradigms	p. 201
Appendix: Note on the Language Variants in Bosnia-Herzegovina	p. 207
Notes	p. 211
References	p. 219
Index	p. 227
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