Experiencing Translationality: Material and Metaphorical Journeys

Piotr Blumczynski's innovative book explores the concept of translation beyond its traditional boundaries, focusing on corporeal transfer and its role in creating a sense of connection with another time, place, object, or person. He argues that translationality animates a broad spectrum of cultural, artistic, and commercial endeavors, offering a way to reimagine the dynamic entanglements of matter and meaning, space and time, past and present.

Format: Hardback
Length: 210 pages
Publication date: 12 May 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This groundbreaking work pushes the boundaries of translation beyond their traditional confines, contributing to the expanding body of literature that challenges the notion of translation as solely a linguistic transfer. By delving into one of the earliest and fundamental aspects of translation: corporeal transfer, Piotr Blumczynski offers a fresh perspective on the intricate processes of meaning-making across physical, social, and cultural domains, which he conceptualizes as translationality. Through his study of translated religious officials and translated relics, Blumczynski reimagines translation as a process that fosters a sense of connection with another time, place, object, or person. He argues that translationality animates a wide range of cultural, artistic, and commercial endeavors, including museum exhibitions, art galleries, celebrity endorsements, and the manufacturing of musical instruments. Translationality provides a means to reimagine the dynamic interplay between matter and meaning, space and time, past and present.

This book will appeal to students and scholars in translation studies, as well as related fields such as the history of religion, anthropology of art, and material culture. It offers valuable insights into the complexities of translation and its role in shaping our understanding of the world.

Weight: 570g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032459875