Either I shall find a way, or I shall make one

«Either I shall find a way, or I shall make one»: a seminar of the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine

On 19 May 2023 the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine hosted a research and practice online seminar titled “Aut inveniam viam, aut faciam” — «Either I shall find a way, or I shall make one». The seminar discussed the problems of translation in the field of socio-humanitarian knowledge and questions of scholarly and intercultural communication. The event was timed to Europe Day in Ukraine. It brought together researchers and lecturers from the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine, the Hryhorii Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the NAS of Ukraine, the Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, the National University of «Kyiv-Mohyla Academy», the Ukrainian Catholic University (Lviv), the Faculty of Sociology of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, the Ukrainian School of Archetypics, the Institute of Ethnology of the NAS of Ukraine, the Kyiv National Linguistic University and the Center for Urban History of East Central Europe (Lviv). Twelve papers and presentations were delivered and viewed, among them: «Academic editing of translated textbooks and scholarly editions as a necessary component of translation quality» (Olha Ivashchenko); «Translation experience in the context of French-Ukrainian cooperation between schools of archetypics» (Eduard Afonin); «The experience of translating a questionnaire within an international comparative academic project» (Andrii Horbachyk); «Translation and reception — the case of translations of Pierre Bourdieu’s works» (Serhii Yosypenko, Oksana Yosypenko); «Jane Jacobs meets the Ukrainian city: translating and editing an urban studies classic» (Natalia Otrishchenko); «Adapting the notion of “agency”: from linguistic borrowing to naturalisation» (Danylo Sudyn); «The importance of academic networks for Ukraine’s integration into the European and global research space» (Nataliia Maistruk) and others. The seminar closed with a thematic discussion open to everyone who wished to join.

The event was moderated by Olha Maksymenko (Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine) and Natalia Otrishchenko (Center for Urban History of East Central Europe). Technical and organisational support for the seminar was provided by the deputy director of the Institute of Sociology Serhii Dembitskyi and the acting academic secretary Iryna Marynich.

The seminar programme is available at: https://vseosvita.ua/library/prohrama-seminaru-prysviachenoho-problemam-perekladu-v-tsaryni-sotsiohumanitarnoho-znannia-ta-pytanniam-naukovoimizhkulturnoi-komunikatsii-692870.html

The participants’ papers will be published in one of the forthcoming issues of the journal «Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing» or posted on the website of the Institute of Sociology.

Photographs from the event were taken by Olha Maksymenko and Maryna Buheria. They are available at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2007270052947752&type=3

Video of the first part of the seminar: https://youtu.be/6hUOzeSUrm8

Video of the second part: https://youtu.be/0-DRiIC45nc