Opera co-creation: from collaborative translation to artistic co-creation in audiovisual translation and accessibility

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Anna Matamala
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1607-9011
Pilar Orero
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0269-1936

Abstract

Research on collaborative translation has expanded in recent years, with a variety of terms such as community or volunteer translation being used to refer to these practices. This article focuses on the Traction project as an instance of artistic co-creation between professionals and non-professionals in opera, and it suggests that the Traction approach could be usefully utilised in the context of audiovisual translation and media accessibility. After an introduction to the challenges of 21st century opera and their quest for new audiences, the article discusses the concept of artistic co-creation. It also presents how opera co-creation is being assessed in Traction. The co-creation process and its evaluation are then related to translation and accessibility to propose artistic co-creation as a new approach to collaborative practices which can benefit both professionals and non-professionals.


Keywords: Traction project, Opera co-creation, Evaluation, Audiovisual translation, Accessibility

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Matamala, A., & Orero, P. (2022). Opera co-creation: from collaborative translation to artistic co-creation in audiovisual translation and accessibility. Hikma, 21(2), 41–63. https://doi.org/10.21071/hikma.v21i2.13836
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Anna Matamala, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Associate professor at the Department of Translation, Interpreting and East Asian Studies

Pilar Orero, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Pilar Orero, PhD (UMIST, UK) works at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain). She is a member of the research group TransMedia Catalonia http://grupsderecerca.uab.cat/transmedia/ She has written and edited many books, academic papers and book chapters all on Media Accessibility http://gent.uab.cat/pilarorero, leader and participant on numerous EU funded projects such as HBB4ALL http://pagines.uab.cat/hbb4all/ ACT http://pagines.uab.cat/act/, UMAQ (Understanding Quality Media Accessibility) ;; http://pagines.uab.cat/umaq/ EasyTV (interaction to accessible TV) https://easytvproject.eu:3001 and ImAc (Immersive Accessibility) http://www.imac-project.eu, REBUILD and HELIOS 2018-2021, and the three ERASMUS+ ADLAB PRO http://www.adlabproject.eu EASIT http://pagines.uab.cat/easit/ and LTA https://ltaproject.eu Co-founder of the Media Accessibility Platform MAP http://www.mapaccess.org. She works in standardisation and participates in the ITU IRG-AVA - Intersector Rapporteur Group Audiovisual Media Accessibility http://www.itu.int/en/irg/ava/Pages/default.aspx, member of the working group ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35. Member of the Spanish UNE working group on accessibility. She is also a member of ANEC Accessibility working group (www.anec.eu). She leads the EU COST Action on Media Accessibility LEAD-ME