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ALT Pale blue background. Heading in black then white reads: Workshop 1: Translating the Untranslatable: Can a Poem be a Tree?. Underneath in white the text reads: What does it mean to translate minoritised languages that have a radically different worldview to our own? In this workshop, participants will tackle ‘untranslatable’ concepts, thinking about how we can creatively use the layout on the page: can a poem be a tree, and have branches and roots, as well as footnotes? There is a black illustration of a tree in the top right-hand corner.

ALT Pale blue background. Heading in black then white reads: Workshop 2: The Music of Poetry: Translating a Tonal Language. Underneath in white the text reads: Can a language be a musical scale? In this playful, creative session, participants will discuss how meaning changes according to tone. We will further explore how we use tone to articulate meaning in English, too, while also considering aspects of oral versus written literature. There is a black illustration of a musical note to the right of the text.

ALT Pale blue background. Heading in black then white reads: Workshop 3: The Poetics of Extraction: The Poetics of Healing. Underneath in white the text reads: Through a series of reflective creative exercises, participants will explore the political implications of languages designed to obscure relations of extraction, and consider the poetic power of words that heal. Underneath there is a black illustration of hands cupped together holding some plus symbols.

ALT Pale blue background. Heading in black then white reads: Workshop 4: Speculative Ethnolinguistics: Dismantling and Reconfiguring English. Underneath in white the text reads: Through a series of playful writing exercises, participants will make up their own idioms, pronouns, grammar rules, and neologisms of care — where language itself becomes a tool for critical fabulation.