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My research focuses on experimental uses of language in literature, poetry, performance, and as a research methodology. I specialize in contemporary women’s writing and translation. My first book, The Translating Subject (McGill-Queens UP, 2025), focuses on a shift in women’s writing since 1960 toward multilingual writing. Through close readings of experimental, multilingual texts, I show that reading multilingual writing creates hospitality for voices that are minoritized or erased by Anglohegemony – the global dominance of English. The Translating Subject explores the potential for multilingual experimental texts to set up innovative terms of engagement that are queer, feminist, transnational, and decolonizing.
My current research extends my work on minoritized languages into the realm of Dysfluency Studies – an emerging subtopic within Disability Studies that focuses on inclusion for people with communication impairments. Dysfluency as a term has clinical connotations to stammering as a condition. However, marginalised communicators of all kinds are reclaiming the term from clinical contexts. Prejudice against marginalised communicators can have the effect of pushing people out from conversations, culture, decision-making and more. I am interested in the ways dysfluent artists creatively confront habits of ‘dyslistening’ that silence people with diverse communication styles.
Education/Academic qualification
English and Cultural Studies, Doctorate
Keywords
- PR English literature
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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GiLL- Gender Innovation Living Labs
Ulahannan, A. (Principal Investigator), Magee, P. (Principal Investigator), Woodcock, A. (Principal Investigator), Tanti, M. (Principal Investigator) & Hacsek, Z. (Principal Investigator)
1/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Edinburgh Companion to Women’s Experimental Literature Since 1900
Tanti, M. & Mitchel, K., 30 Apr 2026, (Accepted/In press) United Kingdom: Edinburgh University Press.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Connecting Marginalised Speakers Across Disabled and Multilingual Communities: Co-designing radically accessible creative research approaches for communication justice
Tanti, M. & Soreny, C., 5 Feb 2025, (Accepted/In press).Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Digital Storytelling: Addressing systemic violence through enabling intimate encounters with diverse IPV survivors
Tanti, M. & Barata, P., 25 Feb 2025, (Submitted) In: Postdigital Science and Education. (In-Press), p. (In-Press)Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Translating Subject
Tanti, M., 1 Mar 2025, 1 ed. McGill-Queen's University Press. 234 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Using a critical community engaged realist review to inform decisions during a crisis: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on IPV survivors and service provision
Tanti, M., Barata, P., Owaga, L., Johnston, E., Martin, L., Patel, B. & Hans, D., 30 Jan 2025, (Submitted) In: Journal of Family Violence.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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Contemporary Women’s Writing Association Annual Conference
Tanti, M. (Speaker)
18 Jun 2025 → 20 Jun 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Northern Network for Medical Humanities Congress
Tanti, M. (Speaker) & Soreny, C. (Speaker)
21 May 2025 → 22 May 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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ATGender Conference 2024
Tanti, M. (Speaker) & Etayo Ballesteros, O. (Speaker)
27 Sept 2024 → 29 Sept 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Stammafest 2024
Tanti, M. (Speaker), Soreny, C. (Speaker), luxx, L. (Creative Artist), Kelly, L. (Creative Artist) & Fox, E. (Creative Artist)
16 Aug 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Dwelling in Opacity’ through Dysfluency Poetics
Tanti, M. (Speaker)
7 Mar 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk