Socio-cultural perspectives on translation activities in Saudi Arabia : a Bourdieusean account
The main aim of this thesis is to examine translation practices in Saudi Arabia as âsocially situatedâ activities in the second half of the 20th century. Drawing on Bourdieuâs sociological model, the study situates the translation activities of academic, private, and literary institutions in their socio-political context of cultural production. Conceptual tools of analysis derived from Bourdieu, such as field, habitus, capital, doxa, and homology, are used to analyse book translation as a set of emerging sub-fields in Saudi Arabia.The study identifies academic institutions and private publishers as the principal agents contributing to the definition of the field of translation. It analyses the positions they occupy in the field(s) of cultural production and types of capital that have value in the context of their struggles. An expanding range of translation practices by faculty members in academic institutions, especially those undertaken in King Saud University, points to an emerging network of translation-specific positions, which can be referred to as the sub-field of academic translation. The dictates of this sub-field are influenced by strong homologous relations with the encompassing academic field.
Alkhamis, Abdullah Mohammed
Bourdieu ; Translation Studies
Socio-cultural perspectives on translation activities in Saudi Arabia : a Bourdieusean account. The main aim of this thesis is to examine translation practices in Saudi Arabia as âsocially situatedâ activities in the second half of the 20th century. Drawing on Bourdieuâs sociological model, the study situates the translation activities of academic, private, and literary institutions in their socio-political context of cultural production. Conceptual tools of analysis derived from Bourdieu, such as field, habitus, capital, doxa, and homology, are used to analyse book translation as a set of emerging sub-fields in Saudi Arabia.The study identifies academic institutions and private publishers as the principal agents contributing to the definition of the field of translation. It analyses the positions they occupy in the field(s) of cultural production and types of capital that have value in the context of their struggles. An expanding range of translation practices by faculty members in academic institutions, especially those undertaken in King Saud University, points to an emerging network of translation-specific positions, which can be referred to as the sub-field of academic translation. The dictates of this sub-field are influenced by strong homologous relations with the encompassing academic field.
socio_cultural perspective translation activity saudi_arabia account main_aim examine translation_practice saudi_arabia socially situate activity drawing bourdieu sociological model study situates translation activity academic private literary institution socio_political context cultural_production conceptual tool analysis derive bourdieu field habitus capital use analyse book translation set emerge sub fields saudi_arabia study identifies academic institution private publisher principal agent contribute definition field translation analysis position occupy field cultural_production type capital value context struggle expand range translation_practice faculty member academic institution especially undertaken king university point emerge network translation specific position refer sub field academic translation dictate sub field influence strong relation encompass academic field