Translating Tales of the Trickster

这项研究将创造一个开放的空间，以创造性和批判性的方式讨论魔术师民间传说在当代文化中被翻译、写作、表演和生活的方式。我们将考虑如何将恶作剧民间传说转化为新的小说形式，并将探索恶作剧叙事如何在日常生活中生活和表演。研究的主要工具将是一个学术、创意和公共合作伙伴网络，将通过一系列旨在激发跨学科和跨背景辩论的微小说、表演和论文来回应“翻译恶作剧者的故事”这一主题。该网络将探索建立一个现有的和新兴的魔术师故事的数字档案馆的可行性。神话中的魔术师角色通常拥有魔力，可能会改变他/她/她自己和周围任何人或环境的身份。她/他/她的一个核心特征是，她/他/它从来不是第一次出现的样子。S/他是一个原来是对手的朋友，是帮助男主角回家的女巫，或者是伪装成怪物的情人。在民间传说中，骗子伪装成傻瓜、女巫、狐狸、野兔和土狼。在现代小说中，骗子是浪漫小说中的虚假爱情，或者是侦探小说中的罪犯。最后，在当代新写作和表演的背景下，魔术师走出了一个神奇的小说圈，表演在现实世界中产生后果的行为。对拟议中的网络来说，理性的是利用迄今尚未探索的机会，开发一个新的研究主体，研究跨写作、表演和生活体验的新文化的魔术师神话的持续翻译。为了激发想法，我们将举办两个研讨会：第一个将专注于传统民俗，第二个将介绍新的魔术师叙事范例。在后一次研讨会中，我们将探讨如何使用绩效和创造性写作，将研究结果反馈给相关的利益攸关方团体。

The research will create an open space for creative and critical discussion of the ways in which trickster folklores are being translated, written, performed and lived within contemporary cultures. We will consider how trickster folklore is being translated into new forms of fiction and will explore how trickster narratives are lived and performed in everyday life The main vehicle for research will be a network of academic, creative and public partnerships that will respond to the theme "Translating Tales of the Trickster" through a series of micro fictions, performances and papers that are intended to stimulate debate across disciplines and contexts. The network will explore the feasibility of creating a digital archive of established and emerging trickster tales.The mythical trickster character often possesses magical abilities and may transform his/her/its own identity and that of any surrounding people or environment. A core characteristic is that she/he/it is never as first appears. S/he is the friend who turns out to be an opponent, the witch who helps the hero return home or the lover disguised as a monster. In folklore, the trickster appears in the guise of a fool, a hag, a fox, a hare and a coyote. In modern fiction, the trickster is the false-love in romance stories or the criminal in detective stories. Finally, in contemporary contexts of new writing and performance, the trickster steps out of a magical circle of fiction to perform actions that have consequences in the physical world.The rational for the proposed network is to engage with the, as yet, unexplored opportunities to develop a new body of research into the continuing translations of trickster mythology across new cultures of writing, performance and lived experience.In order to stimulate ideas, we will be holding two workshops: the first will focus on traditional folklore and the second will introduce new examples of trickster narratives. In the latter workshop, we will explore the use of performance and creative writing as means with which to feedback research findings to relevant stakeholders groups.