Noon - 1:15 PM
Needham Room, Olin Hall
Not Their Muse: Irish-Language Poetry in Translation and the Problem of Pharaoh’s Daughter
Mary O’Donoghue – Arts and Humanities
Irish-language poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's bilingual poetry collection Pharaoh’s Daughter (1990) features English translations by a variety of notable Irish poets. An Irish Times review by Douglas Sealy appears to posit Ní Dhomhnaill as somehow blameworthy for spawning the book's "bewildering variety", and suggests that she is but the conduit by which the largely male roster of translators in fact create their own poems: a damning critique of the translation enterprise. In referring to Ní Dhomhnaill’s original poems as "starting points", Sealy’s criticism is underpinned by the notion of Ní Dhomhnaill as but the inspiration – the muse – of these poets, who take what she has to offer and mold it into work that is, as Sealy would have it, emphatically theirs. In its attention to the linguistic and literary ventriloquism at work in Pharaoh’s Daughter, Sealy's forgotten review provides an entry point into the overlooked area of gender as it plays out in the translation of Irish-language poetry. Drawing on studies of feminization and translation, as well as notions of feminist translation, both within and without the Irish literary setting, this paper examines Sealy's nexus as it informs, and is seen to deform, the fortunes of Ní Dhomhnaill’s poems in translation. "Strange Bedfellows": Understanding Firm-NGO Alliances
Miguel Rivera-Santos – Management
We propose a framework to understand the development of firm-NGO (B2N) alliances and the specific organizational challenges they face relative to inter-firm (B2B) alliances. Our analysis shows that, due to the specificities of NGOs, the type of resources sought by firms through B2N alliances will differ substantially from that of B2B alliances. In B2N alliances, firms will seek situated knowledge, legitimacy, and NGO-specific capabilities, while NGOs will seek capital, visibility, and knowledge. Our work further suggests that the governance structure of B2N alliances will differ from B2B alliance governance structures in several important ways. B2N alliance partner selection will rely on intermediaries. The formal governance structure will be based on contracts rather than equity. B2N alliance contracts will be both more complex and less complete than B2B alliance contracts. B2N alliances will also make use of alternative governance mechanisms, particularly the involvement of external stakeholders, to make up for the limitations of typical B2B mechanisms. Lastly, trust will play a greater governance role in B2N alliances than in B2B alliances, but it will be more challenging to build. Trust building will have to overcome a very limited initial stock of trust and the difficulty of reconciling conflicting values and norms within the alliance. We look forward to your participation. Refreshments will be provided by the BFRF. Pick up your lunch in Olin Pandini’s (before noon), sign the Chat list at the checkout, and join your colleagues in the Needham Room. For additional information, contact Susan Chern, x5339.
