Experiential Learning - Advanced Translation Project (Franz Boas Papers Project)

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course presents an exciting opportunity for upper-level students to participate in an international research project, and to apply their translation skills in a productive and meaningful way. Conceived as an experiential learning class, the course focuses on the translation (German to English) of archival materials of the Franz Boas Papers Project (FBP) housed at the American Philosophical Society. The documentary edition of the Franz Boas papers is a major interdisciplinary research initiative that reassesses and re-contextualizes the Boas papers. Students will complete background reading and exercises in preparation for the transcription and translation of primary research materials; collaborative and individual work will be assigned, as well as presentations and a reflection paper. PREREQUISITES: GERM 2020.06 and GERM 3000.06 or by instructor permission FORMATS: Seminar