Climate change impacts are now felt across the world. Early warning systems, weather extremes, disasters and actions to reduce risk are part of our daily lives. What is the role of translation and how does it help people access information and protect their lives and livelihoods? This talk will explore the challenges of translating and working across different languages in disaster risk reduction. The first session will present some of the basic concepts used in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. It will use examples from the speaker’s experiences working across different languages and with indigenous communities in Latin America. The second session will include a series of exercises where the participants will be able to explore translation challenges within the topic. We will engage with texts and material in English and other languages to explore ways in which information relevant to disaster risk may be translated in different contexts.
Speaker
Teresa Armijos Burneo is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh. She is a social scientist with an interdisciplinary background in History and Development Studies. Her research critically examines people’s lived experiences of environmental change and involves careful engagement with participatory and creative methodologies to co-produce knowledge with those most affected by climate change and disasters. She has brought this approach into several collaborative interdisciplinary projects which focus on disaster risk and restorative environmental justice and work with indigenous, rural and urban communities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Network member fee: Free
ITI member fee: £10
Non-member fee: £25
Location: Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, above Victoria Street, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL
Contact name: Ramon Inglada
Contact email: [email protected]
Contact telephone: 07982305122
Closing date: 6th March 2026
CPD hours: 2.5