Dr. Josélia Neves

Dr. Josélia Neves (PhD)

Professor, Associate Dean for Social Engagement and Access

Translation and Interpreting Institute (TII)

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Master of Arts in Audiovisual Translation

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Biography

Josélia Neves has a degree in Modern Languages and Literatures, an MA in English Studies, a PhD in Translation Studies, with a dissertation on subtitling for the deaf and the hard of hearing. She started her career as a language teacher but soon moved on to teaching in the domain of Translation Studies and Audiovisual Translation. Parallel to her teaching activities, she has worked as a freelance translator as a means to keep abreast of the developments and requirements of the field.

She has led a number of research projects with partners in the media, museums and cultural venues, the performing arts and education. Her special interest lies in developing action research projects that contribute towards making communication environments accessible to all. While living and working in Qatar, she continues to collaborate with European Universities both as a visiting professor and a researcher. She is a member of the TransMedia Research Group and a board member of the European Association for Studies in Screen Translation.

Research Interests

Translation studies
Tanslator training
Audiovisual translation
Multisensory communication
Language learning access and inclusion

Experience

Coordinating Professor

School of Education and Social Sciences, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal

1995 - 2014

Invited lecturer

Translation Unit, Faculty of Arts, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2006 - 2009

Education

PhD (in Translation)

Surrey Roehampton University, London, UK

2005

MA (in English Studies)

University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
1999
Specialization (in Translation Studies)

University of Oporto, Oporto, Portugal
1998

Honours Degree in Modern Languages and Literatures

University of Oporto, Oporto, Portugal
1985

Selected Publications

Subtitling for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Audiences. Moving forward

In Perez-Gonzalez, Luis (ed.). The Routeledge Handbook of Audiovisual Translation. London and New York. Routeledge /Taylor and Francis: 82-95
2018
Cultures of Accessibility: Translation making cultural heritage in museums accessible to people of all abilities

In Harding, Sue-Ann and Ovidi Carbonell. The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Culture. London and New York. Routeledge /Taylor and Francis: 415-430
2018
Action Research: When there is so much to account for

In Gambier, Yves Ramos & Pinto, Sara (eds). Audiovisual Translation: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges. Philadelphia & Amsterdam, John Benjamins: 53-64
2018
Guia de Boas Práticas de Acessibilidade, Comunicação Inclusiva em Monumentos, Palácios e Museus

Lisboa: Direção Geral do Património Cultural (DGPC) & Instituto do Turismo de Portugal. http://www.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt/static/data/publicos/acessibilidade...

Garcia, Ana, Clara Mineiro & Josélia Neves
2017
Chapter 14: Enriched Audio Description: Working towards an inclusive museum experience

In Halder, Santoshi and Lori Czop Assaf (eds). Disability and Inclusion: a Cross Cultural and Cross Disciplinary auto-ethnographic perspective traversing abilities and challenges. Switzerland, Springer International, pp. 195-207

Eardley, Alison F., Louise Fryer, Rachel Hutchinson, Matthew Cock, Peter Ride & Joselia Neves
2017
Enriched Descriptive Guides: a case for collaborative meaning-making in museums

Cultus: the Journal of intercultural mediation and communication 9, pp. 137-154. http://www.cultusjournal.com/files/Archives/Neves_cultus%20_9_Volume_2_2...
2016
Redefining Access: Embracing multimodality, memorability and shared experience in Museums

Curator: The Museum Journal, vol.59-3, pp. 263-286. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cura.12128/epdf

Eardley, Alison, Clara Mineiro, Josélia Neves & Peter Ride
2016
Descriptive guides: Access to museums, cultural venues and heritage sites in Remael, A, N. Reviers and G. Vercauteren (eds)

Chapter 3.3.2

Pictures Painted in Words. ADLAB Audio Description Guidelines. ebook: http://www.adlabproject.eu/Docs/adlab%20book/index.html

2014
Multi-sensory approaches to (audio)describing visual art

In R. Agost, P. Orero & E. Di Giovanni (Eds) Multidisciplinarity in audiovisual translation [Special issue]. MonTi, 4, pp. 277-294. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271099098_Multi-sensory_approac...
2012
Imagens que se Ouvem. Guia de Audiodescrição

Lisboa & Leiria: Instituto Nacional de Reabilitação e Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
2011
Music to my eyes… Conveying music in Subtitling for the Deaf and the hard of hearing

In Bogucki, Łukasz & Krzysztof Kredens (eds). Perspectives in Audiovisual Translation. Lódz Studies in Language. Vol. 20. Frankfort am Main: Peter Lang GmbH. pp123-145
2010
Sous-titrage pour s/Sourds: à la recherche d'une qualité possible

In Lavaur, Jean-Marc & Adriana Şerban (eds). Le sous-titrage des films: Approches pluridisciplinaires. Louvain-la-Neuve & Paris: De Boeck Université. pp.43-54
2008
Interlingual Subtitling for the Deaf (and Hard of Hearing)

J. Diaz-Cintas (ed) Audiovisual Translation – Language Transfer on Screen. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 151-168
2008
Vozes que se Vêem. Guia de Legendagem para Surdos

Aveiro & Leiria: Instituto Politécnico de Leiria & Universidade de Aveiro. ISBN: 978-972-8793-20-3. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/411
2007
A World of Change in a Changing World

In Díaz Cintas, Jorge, Aline Remael & Orero, Pilar (eds). Media for All. Amsterdam: RODOPI. pp. 89-98
2007
There is research and research: Subtitling for the Deaf and hard of hearing

In Jímenez, Catalina (ed). Traducción y accesibilidad. La subtitulación para sordos y la audiodescripción para ciegos: nuevas modalidades de Traducción Audiovisual. Frankfort am Main: Peter Lang. pp. 27-40
2007
Of Pride and Prejudice: The divide between subtitling and sign language interpreting on television

Leeson, Lorraine & Graham Turner (eds.). The Sign Language Translator & Interpreter (SLTI). 1(2): 251-274. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/438
2007
La Subtitulación para s/Sordos, panorama global prenormativo en el marco ibérico

Trans 12. Barcelona / Málaga: Universidad de Málaga, pp. 95-114. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/439

Neves, Josélia & Lourdes Lorenzo
2007
Using Action Research in Translation Studies

Journal of Translation Studies. 7 ISSN:1740-357X. http://www.jostrans.org/issue07/art_cravo.php

Cravo, Ana & Josélia Neves
2007
Audiovisual Translation: Subtitling for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing

Unpublished PhD Thesis. Available for download at: http://roehampton.openrepository.com/roehampton/handle/10142/12580
2005

Honors and Awards

2014: Merit Recognition – Sorrir na Educação [Smile in Education] for the ‘Malta Cool’ [Cool Kids] Project, awarded by the Clínica da Educação, Lisbon
2014: Acesso Cultura [Culture Access] Award, awarded to the Batalha Museum (MCCB), by Acesso Cultura
2013: Medal of Honour (gold), awarded by the Batalha Council, for work carried out as coordinator for access in the Batalha Museum (MCCB)
2013: Kenneth Hudson Award, awarded by the European Museum Forum awarded to the Batalha Museum (MCCB), for its contribution towards access for all
2012: Prémio Melhor Museu Português [Best Portuguese Museum Award], awarded awarded to the Batalha Museum (MCCB), by APOM [Portuguese Association for Museology]
2012: Best Poster Award, in Arts and Humanities, for the Poster “Inclusive communication strategies for accessible museums”. University of Aveiro
2011: Silver Medal, awarded by the Leiria Municipality, for work carried out while coordinating the iACT Research Unit, at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
2011: Lusofonia Award 2011 for the children’s story “O Menino dos Dedos Tristes” [The boy with sad fingers]. Trofa Lusophone Contest – Children’s Stories. Awarded by the Trofa Municipality and Camões Institute
2009. Ist place, Category E: Software. Festival de Conteúdos Digitais Challenges 2009 [2009 Challenges – Digital Content Festival], for the vídeo game ‘Brinca Mix’, a multidiciplinary research project carried out by the Distance Learning Unit at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
2008: VIP Award – awarded by the Associação Portuguesa de Surdos [Portuguese Deaf Association]. Upon the Association’s 50th anniversary
2007: Afonso Lopes Vieira Award – Communication Category, awarded by the Jornal Região de Leiria [Newspaper] for the ‘magnificent work developed for the integration of citizens with special needs’
2006: Melhor Professor do Curso de Tradução 2005-2006 [Best teacher of the Translation Programme 2005-2006], awarded by the Student Union – Translation section; School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
2004: Gerhard Weiler Award, awarded by the University of Roehampton, for the ‘innovative nature of your research and the contribution it is likely to make to enhancing social inclusion.’
2004: Engº Jaime Fernandes Award (Honarable Mention), awarded by the Instituto de Segurança Social [Social Security Institute], for “Sistema de Legendagem vKv – Vozes K se Vêem” [vKv Subtitling System – Voices you can see]

Biography
Research Interests
Experience
Education
Selected Publications

College of Humanities & Social Sciences CHSS Hamad Bin Khalifa University Hamad Bin Khalifa University

FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES

Dr. Josélia Neves (PhD)

Biography

Research Interests

Experience

Coordinating Professor

Invited lecturer

Education

PhD (in Translation)

MA (in English Studies)

Specialization (in Translation Studies)

Honours Degree in Modern Languages and Literatures

Selected Publications

Subtitling for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Audiences. Moving forward

Cultures of Accessibility: Translation making cultural heritage in museums accessible to people of all abilities

Action Research: When there is so much to account for

Guia de Boas Práticas de Acessibilidade, Comunicação Inclusiva em Monumentos, Palácios e Museus

Chapter 14: Enriched Audio Description: Working towards an inclusive museum experience

Enriched Descriptive Guides: a case for collaborative meaning-making in museums

Redefining Access: Embracing multimodality, memorability and shared experience in Museums

Descriptive guides: Access to museums, cultural venues and heritage sites in Remael, A, N. Reviers and G. Vercauteren (eds)

Multi-sensory approaches to (audio)describing visual art

Imagens que se Ouvem. Guia de Audiodescrição

Music to my eyes… Conveying music in Subtitling for the Deaf and the hard of hearing

Sous-titrage pour s/Sourds: à la recherche d'une qualité possible

Interlingual Subtitling for the Deaf (and Hard of Hearing)

Vozes que se Vêem. Guia de Legendagem para Surdos

A World of Change in a Changing World

There is research and research: Subtitling for the Deaf and hard of hearing

Of Pride and Prejudice: The divide between subtitling and sign language interpreting on television

La Subtitulación para s/Sordos, panorama global prenormativo en el marco ibérico

Using Action Research in Translation Studies

Audiovisual Translation: Subtitling for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing