Opening the door of the translation classroom. Service-learning methodology and the outward turn: teaching experiences using Wikipedia
Abstract
This article seeks to explore the transformative nature of translation, highlighting its influence on diverse facets of our society and how universities need to take an outward turn (Bassnett/Johnston 2019). We believe that, within the academic and teaching space, this shift should enable an opening of the classroom, in order to achieve a more proactive model connected to the world around us, which helps to re-signify translation as part of communication processes. Our contention is that service-learning methodology is aligned with the postulates of the outward turn and, on the basis of several teaching experiences using Wikipedia, we have demonstrated the connection between both approaches and highlighted their enormous potential in the classroom to foster translation techniques, critical spirit and, above all, civic values and social commitment.
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