抄録
The objective of this paper is to theoretically explore conference interpreting as a social
practice, specifically employing Bourdieu’s theory of practice and drawing on my application of
his notions of field, habitus, and capital (Bourdieu, 1977; 1990b) reinforced by the voices of the
second cultural turn in sociology. It proposes a theoretical framework with which to analyse
conference interpreting as a socially-situated activity and interpreters as agents endowed with a
specific quantity of resources and competences uniquely acquired in particular contexts of
training and enacted with agency in the context of interpreting performances. The aim of this
paper is to contribute to the theoretical rationale of sociological research in interpreting to
posit the construction of its object as a whole and fill the gap deriving from its partial
conceptualization. On this basis, it calls for future empirical works and methodological debates
in the flourishing field of the sociology of interpreting.
