The Relocation of Culture

he Relocation of Culture, jointly written by Simona Bertacco and Nicoletta Vallorani as the outcome of a long-lasting collaboration, critically addresses the question of translation in our present, and proposes a new way to look at it. Based on an etymological reading of “translating” as “moving”, the book offers a twofold understanding of migration as translation and translation as migration: translation, both a conceptual tool and a concrete practice, is offered as method to understand migration. This involves shining a light on migration and translation as moments of encounter between people and cultures, and raises fundamental ethical issues concerning encounter.