Riitta oittinen biography

I am a social historian (MA) from the University of Helsinki where I lectured for over ten years.
Maria González Davies is senior lecturer at the Modern Languages Department of the Faculty of Education at the University Ramon Llull in Barcelona, Spain.
Riitta is a social historian and science journalist with a special interest in visual and vernacular culture.

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Welcome!

I am a social historian (MA) from the University of Helsinki where I lectured for over ten years. I live in Brussels and share my time between research, science journalism, and projects that combine research and art. I am a partner in Data Harvest CO.

History from individual belonging up to supranational identity building interests me. I have written on definitions of professions, social history of handwork, vernacular culture and the use of visual material in history (finding, presenting, archiving, curating). Grass root designers’ work and ideas fascinate me.

My work often combines research with photography. I have been involved in the planning of exhibitions in museums, galleries and pop up spaces. Urban activism and social innovations have taken me to various countries.

My research, documentary photos and artwork have been published in journals, books, online and shown in group exhibitions (Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Singapore, USA).

At the moment I am studying therap

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Translating Culture
Children's literature in translation
Riitta Oittinen

De Finse Riita Oittinen is docent aan de universiteit van Tampere en van Helsinki. Zij houdt zich bezig met onderzoek naar het vertalen van kinderboeken, waarover zij, ook in andere talen, publiceerde. In onderstaande bijdrage beschrijft zij de culturele invloeden op vertalingen.

Introduction

Translating is a process, an act carried out by a translator in a certain situation. A translation is a new rewritten text in a new culture. In my article, I will take a look at this situation from the viewpoint of culture and translating for children. Culture is one part of the translator's situation, which includes not just the text told in words and illustrations but the whole situation of interpreting texts. Even the translator's child-image is influenced by her or his cultural background.

Culture could also be seen from a different perspective. Children's literature has a dual audience: children and adults. Thus children's literature is also part of children's culture, which has always reflec

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Riitta Oittinen

Artist

Riitta is a social historian and science journalist with a special interest in visual and vernacular culture. Her work is mainly documentary photography, but she also likes to play with the computer to create different kind of images that employ glitch, manipulation, and collage. Riitta’s photos have been published in journals, books, online and in group exhibitions internationally and she’s been involved in planning and curating various exhibitions, including urban history, textile work and collecting. She shares time between Brussels and Helsinki, where she takes part in various urban actions such as yarn bombing.

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Exhibition

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