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spazio pubblico di diaspore

English translation: public arena ...

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Italian term or phrase:spazio pubblico di diaspore
English translation:public arena ...
Entered by: Federica Masante

16:40 Nov 28, 2004
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Journalism
Italian term or phrase: spazio pubblico di diaspore
Si dirà che quello di Beslan è un episodio estremo, ma l’apocalisse culturale di cui parlava Ernesto De Martino, riferendosi all’impossibilità di riconoscersi in ciò che era abituale, si ripropone oggi a proposito del mondo conosciuto anche in quelle terre. è una “modernità in polvere”, per dirla con un altro antropologo, Arjum Appadurai. Una modernità cioè che si propone come spazio pubblico di alcune diaspore: quella del terrore, quella della disperazione, ma anche la diaspora della speranza.
Federica Masante
Local time: 21:33
public arena ...
Explanation:
Diasporas isn't going to work in this context - so I suggest a using a verb instead. I find I often need to be a bit creative when translating this sort of thing - English doesn't lend itself to such abstractions as well as Italian does.

How about:
A modernity, that is, which presents itself as the public arena in which many emotions are conveyed, including terror and despair, but also hope.

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Note added at 46 mins (2004-11-28 17:27:08 GMT)
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I\'m not an anthropologist - maybe they say this sort of thing... In which case, given Neva\'s useful link, I\'d suggest \"A modernity, that is, which presents itself as a diasporic public space where terror and despair, and also hope, are found.\" These are only suggestions - and you\'ll have to decide how much anthropological jargon to include in a journalistic text, depending on where it\'ll be published.
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Jane Griffiths (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:33
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I liked this the best
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1public space of certain diasporas
Neva M.
3 +2public arena ...
Jane Griffiths (X)


  

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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
public space of certain diasporas


Explanation:
...Pnina Werbner reveals a multi-centered world among Manchester Pakistanis, a locally created ****diasporic public space**** that appropriates and combines traveling ideas and images from a variety of sources into meaningful moral allegories.


    Reference: http://www.sarweb.org/press/books/worldanthro/imagined.htm
Neva M.
Local time: 22:33
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vittorio Preite: public space for certain diasporas ( venting in public the reason for their displacement from the native land)
33 mins
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
public arena ...


Explanation:
Diasporas isn't going to work in this context - so I suggest a using a verb instead. I find I often need to be a bit creative when translating this sort of thing - English doesn't lend itself to such abstractions as well as Italian does.

How about:
A modernity, that is, which presents itself as the public arena in which many emotions are conveyed, including terror and despair, but also hope.

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Note added at 46 mins (2004-11-28 17:27:08 GMT)
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I\'m not an anthropologist - maybe they say this sort of thing... In which case, given Neva\'s useful link, I\'d suggest \"A modernity, that is, which presents itself as a diasporic public space where terror and despair, and also hope, are found.\" These are only suggestions - and you\'ll have to decide how much anthropological jargon to include in a journalistic text, depending on where it\'ll be published.

Jane Griffiths (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:33
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
I liked this the best

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michele Fauble
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Michele
agree  Mario Marcolin
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Mario
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