Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration
| Module title | Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration |
|---|---|
| Module code | SML3042 |
| Academic year | 2025/6 |
| Credits | 15 |
| Module staff | Dr ELIANA Maestri (Convenor) |
| Duration: Term | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: Weeks | 11 |
| Number students taking module (anticipated) | 15 |
|---|
Module description
Module aims - intentions of the module
This module will help you to understand the experience of migration to the UK, and how people tell their stories about it in their first language. Using methods drawn from ethnography, you will design interviews to draw out those stories and develop your spoken Modern Language and broader communication and interpersonal skills through that interviewing process. You will also acquire some basic technical understanding of how to video-record interviews, and acquire subtitling skills. The module will provide you with the opportunity to engage with the local community, and to increase social cohesion and well-being by listening to and making available others’ stories in their first language. Finally. you will leave a lasting legacy for future students because your interview will contribute to a digital archive: http://transculturaldevon.exeter.ac.uk/.
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
ILO: Module-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 1. Analyse key issues surrounding the experience of migration to the UK, specifically Devon
- 2. Understand the ethnographic approach to Modern Languages
ILO: Discipline-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 3. Demonstrate improved oral and aural use of your chosen language
- 4. Implement subtitling skills (and use software)
ILO: Personal and key skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 5. Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills: interviewing and listening
- 6. Understand the role of digital culture in the broader social context
Syllabus plan
Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 16.5 | 133.5 | 0 |
Details of learning activities and teaching methods
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 9 | Lectures |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 7.5 | Creative workshops |
| Guided Independent Study | 133.5 | Reading recommended sources, preparing for class discussions, preparing for interviews |
Formative assessment
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subtitled interview segment | 5-10 minutes | 3-5 | Written and oral |
Summative assessment (% of credit)
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 0 |
Details of summative assessment
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subtitled interview and written reflective commentary | 100 | 30 minutes + 750 words | 1-6 | Written |
Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subtitled interview and written reflective commentary (30 minutes + 750 words) | Subtitled interview and written reflective commentary (100%) | 1-6 | Referral/deferral period |
Re-assessment notes
Deferral – if you miss an assessment for certificated reasons judged acceptable by the Mitigation Committee, you will normally be either deferred in the assessment or an extension may be granted. The mark given for a re-assessment taken as a result of deferral will not be capped and will be treated as it would be if it were your first attempt at the assessment.
Referral – if you have failed the module overall (i.e. a final overall module mark of less than 40%) you will be required to submit a further assessment as necessary. If you are successful on referral, your overall module mark will be capped at 40%.
Indicative learning resources - Basic reading
Basic reading:
- Anderson, Bridget, 2019, ‘New Directions in Migration Studies: Towards Methodological Denationalism’, Comparative Migration Studies, Vol. 7, No. 36
- Barton, David, Trusting, Karin, Beyond Communities of Practice: Language, Power and Social Context, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005)
- Bassnett, Susan, Translation Studies (London; New York : Routledge, 2014)
- Bhabha, Homi K., The Location of Culture (London; New York : Routledge, 2004)
- Bottignolo, Bruno, Without a Bell Tower: A study of the Italian immigrants in South West England (Rome: Centro studi emigrazione, 1985)
- Braidotti, Rosi, Transpositions: On Nomadic Ethics (Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2006)
- Díaz-Cintas, J., Remael, A., Audiovisual Translation, Subtitling (Translation Practices Explained) (Routledge, 2014)
- Fortier, Anne-Marie, (2018) ‘On (not) speaking English : colonial legacies in language requirements for British citizenship’, Sociology, Vol. 52, No. 6, p. 1254-1269.
- Grønseth, Anne Sigfrid (ed.), Being Human, Being Migrant: Senses of Self and Well-Being (Berghahn, 2013)
- Skinner, J (ed.), The Interview: an ethnographic approach (London ; New York : Berg, 2012)
- Summerfield, P. (2004), ‘Culture and Composure: Creating Narratives of the Gendered Self in Oral History Interviews’, Cultural and Social History, 6, pp. 69–70
- Svašek, Maruška (ed.), Emotions and Human Mobility: Ethnographies of Movement (Routledge, 2012)
Indicative learning resources - Other resources
| Credit value | 15 |
|---|---|
| Module ECTS | 7.5 |
| Module co-requisites | MLX3111 or equivalent |
| NQF level (module) | 6 |
| Available as distance learning? | No |
| Origin date | 10/02/2020 |
| Last revision date | 27/02/2025 |
