The experience of intercultural mediators in the Italian Covid-19 vaccination campaign

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ID12701919
AuthorsAndrea Ciribuco (0000-0002-5709-6061, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, corresponding author), Federico Federici (0000-0002-0057-0340, University College London), Federico M Federici (Centre for Translation Studies, University College London, London, UK)
Year2024
Volume24
Issue3
Pages180-194
Publication date2024-04-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage and Intercultural Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1470-8477 • E-ISSN: 1747-759X
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14708477.2024.2337382
OpenAlexW4394804398
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited40

This research investigates the experience of intercultural mediators who worked with local health authorities and civil society organizations to disseminate information about COVID-19 vaccines to migrants in two Italian territories. Interviews with intercultural mediators underlined the challenges that they faced when translating on the frontline of the vaccination campaign, including the translation of highly specialized terminology and the handling of vaccine-hesitant narratives circulating among the migrant population. In the context of COVID-19, translation involved not only transmission between languages, but also a negotiation between medical discourse and the hopes, concerns, fears, and desires of a culturally and linguistically diverse population

Context (archaeology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Geography · Intercultural communication · Intercultural relations · Linguistics · Negotiation · Pedagogy · Political science · Population · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Terminology · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Medicine · Translation Studies and Practices

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