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Find out more about the project: Languages and international NGOs: cultural knowledge in communities in crisis.

About the project

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Leigh Blount

Languages and international NGOs- addresses the issue of how research into languages and cultures can support the work of NGOs and aid agencies as they operate ‘on the ground’ in international conflict and crisis zones. It focuses on the language … Continue reading →

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The Network

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Leigh Blount

The network, Languages and international NGOs: cultural knowledge in communities in crisis (LINGOS) brings together linguists, international relations specialists, NGOs and professional interpreters/translators in order to: enable the four groups to focus together on the specific issue of languages and … Continue reading →

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People

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Leigh Blount

LINGOS is convened by a language researcher, an international relations specialist, and a professional interpreter: Hilary Footitt (Reading University) has experience in researching the role of foreign languages in war, having just completed the AHRC sponsored project, Languages at War: … Continue reading →

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Aims and Objectives

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Leigh Blount

LINGOS aims to bring together languages and international relations specialists, international NGOs and professional interpreters in order to develop an interdisciplinary research agenda which is of specific relevance to the language-related challenges which NGOs face, and to the role which … Continue reading →

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