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Ep. 1: Richard Watts on "Activating the Risk of Failure: Translation as Public Scholarship"

Ep. 1: Richard Watts on "Activating the Risk of Failure: Translation as Public Scholarship"

Update: 2022-09-26
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In this episode of Going Public, Professor Richard Watts (French & Italian Studies, University of Washington, Seattle) explores the role of failure in publicly engaged scholarship and teaching, the imperatives of departmental transformation, and, of course, translation as a public practice.


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Ep. 1: Richard Watts on "Activating the Risk of Failure: Translation as Public Scholarship"

Ep. 1: Richard Watts on "Activating the Risk of Failure: Translation as Public Scholarship"

2022-09-2632:07

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Ep. 1: Richard Watts on "Activating the Risk of Failure: Translation as Public Scholarship"

Ep. 1: Richard Watts on "Activating the Risk of Failure: Translation as Public Scholarship"

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