1. © Intercultural Studies Group Universitat Rovira i Virgili Plaça Imperial Tàrraco 1 43005 Tarragona Fax: (++ 34) 977 55 95 97 Summary of the seminars Anthony Pym

2. © Intercultural Studies Group My positions… Equivalence: a functional illusion Skopos: evident; cannot solve conflicts Descriptive: forgets about human subjects Localization: technocratic dehumanizing equivalence Deconstruction: enacts the problem, but does not help solve problems. (The intellectual work in these paradigms has not been great.)

3. © Intercultural Studies Group How to solve problems? Accept uncertainty Look at the way other sciences work with uncertainty Probabilistic calculations Risk management Negotiation theory

4. © Intercultural Studies Group What is ethical? To propagate illusions? To be loyal to tyrants? To complain about lack of understanding? Or to seek cooperation?

5. © Intercultural Studies Group Cooperation in a nutshell Not a zero-sum game Benefits for all participants The reason for communication The thing jeorpardized by risk The thing made more difficult by Cross-cultural situations Mediated situations.

6. © Intercultural Studies Group Hence The need to analyze the special risks of mediated cross-cultural communication.