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Raghava KK: Shake up your story
Raghava KK: Rusk op i din fortælling
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Kunstneren Raghava KK demonstrerer sin nye børnebog til iPad med en sjov funktion: når du ryster den, skifter historien - og perspektivet. I denne charmerende korte tale beder han os alle om at ruske vores perspektiver en smule.
Raghava KK - Artist
Raghava KK's paintings and drawings use cartoonish shapes and colors to examine the body, society, our world. Full bio
Raghava KK's paintings and drawings use cartoonish shapes and colors to examine the body, society, our world. Full bio
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Hi everyone.
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Hej alle.
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I'm an artist and a dad -- second time around.
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Jeg er en kunstner og en far -- for anden gang.
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Thank you.
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Tak.
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And I want to share with you my latest art project.
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Og jeg vil dele mit seneste kunstprojekt med jer.
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It's a children's book for the iPad.
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Det er en børnebog til iPad.
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It's a little quirky and silly.
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Den er en smule skør og fjollet.
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It's called "Pop-It,"
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Den hedder "Pop-It",
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And it's about the things little kids do with their parents.
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og handler om de ting små børn laver med deres forældre.
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(Music)
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(Musik)
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So this is about potty training --
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Så det her handler om pottetræning --
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as most of you, I hope, know.
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som de fleste af jer, håber jeg, ved.
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You can tickle the rug.
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Man kan kilde tæppet.
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You can make the baby poop.
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Man kan få babyen til at lave pølser.
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You can do all those fun things.
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Man kan gøre en masse sjove ting.
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You can burst bubbles.
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Man kan briste bobler.
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You can draw, as everyone should.
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Man kan tegne, som alle burde.
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But you know, I have a problem with children's books:
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Men jeg har dog et problem med hensyn til børnebøger:
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I think they're full of propaganda.
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Jeg synes de er fulde af propaganda.
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At least an Indian trying to get one of these American books in Park Slope, forget it.
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I det mindste som en Inder der prøver at få en af disse amerikanske bøger i Park Slope, bare glem det.
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It's not the way I was brought up.
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Det er ikke sådan jeg er blevet opdraget.
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So I said, "I'm going to counter this with my own propaganda."
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Så jeg sagde "Jeg imødegår det her med min egen propaganda."
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If you notice carefully,
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Hvis i ser godt efter
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it's a homosexual couple bringing up a child.
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er det et homoseksuelt par der opdrager et barn.
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You don't like it?
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Kan i ikke lide det?
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Shake it, and you have a lesbian couple.
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Ryst den, og du har et lesbisk par
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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Shake it, and you have a heterosexual couple.
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Ryst den, og du har et heteroseksuelt par.
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You know, I don't even believe in the concept of an ideal family.
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Jeg tror ikke på konceptet om en ideal familie.
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I have to tell you about my childhood.
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Jeg bliver nødt til at fortælle om min barndom.
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I went to this very proper Christian school
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Jeg gik i en meget ordentlig kristen skole
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taught by nuns, fathers, brothers, sisters.
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undervist af nonner, fadere, brødre, søstre.
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Basically, I was brought up to be a good Samaritan,
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Dybest se blev jeg opdraget til at være den gode samaritaner,
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and I am.
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og det er jeg.
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And I'd go at the end of the day to a traditional Hindu house,
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Og sidst på dagen gik jeg i et traditionelt Hindu hus,
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which was probably the only Hindu house
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hvilket nok var det eneste Hindu hus
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in a predominantly Islamic neighborhood.
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i et udpræget islamisk nabolag.
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Basically, I celebrated every religious function.
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I bund og grund fejrede jeg enhver religiøs funktion.
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In fact, when there was a wedding in our neighborhood,
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Det var faktisk sådan, at når der var et bryllup i vores nabolag
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all of us would paint our houses for the wedding.
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malede vi alle vores huse op til brylluppet.
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I remember we cried profusely
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Jeg kan huske at vi græd voldsomt
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when the little goats we played with in the summer
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når de små geder vi legede med om sommeren
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became biriani.
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blev til biriani.
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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We all had to fast during Ramadan.
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Vi skulle alle faste til Ramadan.
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It was a very beautiful time.
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Det var en meget smuk tid.
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But I must say,
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Men jeg må sige,
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I'll never forget, when I was 13 years old, this happened.
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jeg glemmer aldrig da jeg var 13 år, og det her skete.
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Babri Masjid --
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Babri Masjid --
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one of the most beautiful mosques in India,
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en af de smukkeste moskéer i Indien,
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built by King Babur, I think, in the 16th century --
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bygget af Kong Babur, tror jeg, i det 16. århundrede --
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was demolished by Hindu activists.
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blev ødelagt af Hinduistiske aktivister.
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This caused major riots in my city.
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Dette skabte store oprør i min by.
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And for the first time,
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Og for første gang
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I was affected
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blev jeg påvirket
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by this communal unrest.
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af denne fælles uro.
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My little five-year-old kid neighbor
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Min nabos lille fem-årige barn
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comes running in,
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kommer løbende ind,
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and he says, "Rags, Rags.
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og han siger "Rags, Rags,
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You know the Hindus are killing us Muslims. Be careful."
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Ved du at Hinduerne dræber os Muslimer. Pas på."
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I'm like, "Dude, I'm Hindu."
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Så svarer jeg "Mester, jeg er Hindu."
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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He's like, "Huh!"
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Og han reagerer "Hva!"
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You know, my work is inspired
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Som i kan se er mit arbejde inspireret
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by events such as this.
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af begivenheder som denne.
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Even in my gallery shows,
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Selv til galleri fremvisninger
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I try and revisit historic events
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prøver jeg at genbesøge historiske begivenheder,
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like Babri Masjid,
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som Babri Masjid,
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distill only its emotional residue
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nøjes med at destillere dets følelsesmæssige rester
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and image my own life.
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og afbilde mit eget liv.
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Imagine history being taught differently.
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Forestil jer historie blive undervist anderledes.
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Remember that children's book
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Husker i den børnebog,
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where you shake and the sexuality of the parents change?
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som får forældrenes seksualitet til at skifte når man ryster den?
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I have another idea.
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Jeg har en anden ide.
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It's a children's book about Indian independence --
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Det er en børnebog om Indisk selvstændighed --
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very patriotic.
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meget patriotisk.
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But when you shake it, you get Pakistan's perspective.
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Men når man ryster den ser man Pakistans perspektiv.
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Shake it again, and you get the British perspective.
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Ryst den en gang til, og man får det britiske perspektiv.
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(Applause)
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(Klapsalver)
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You have to separate fact from bias, right.
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Man bliver nødt til at adskille fakta fra partiskhed, ikke.
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Even my books on children
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Selv mine bøger om børn
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have cute, fuzzy animals.
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har søde, pjuskede dyr.
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But they're playing geopolitics.
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Men de leger geopolitik.
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They're playing out Israel-Palestine,
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De leger Israel-Palæstina,
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India-Pakistan.
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Indien-Pakistan.
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You know, I'm making a very important argument.
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Jeg kommer med et meget vigtigt argument.
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And my argument [is]
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Og mit argument er
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that the only way for us to teach creativity
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at den eneste måde vi kan undervise i kreativitet
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is by teaching children perspectives
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er ved at lære børnene perspektiver
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at the earliest stage.
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på det tidligste stadie.
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After all, children's books are manuals on parenting,
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Børnebøger er trods alt manualer på opdragelse,
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so you better give them children's books that teach them perspectives.
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så du må hellere sørge for at give dem børnebøger der lærer dem perspektiver.
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And conversely,
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Og omvendt,
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only when you teach perspectives
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kun når du lærer dem perspektiver
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will a child be able to imagine
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vil et barn være i stand til at forestille sig
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and put themselves in the shoes
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og stille dem selv i skoene
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of someone who is different from them.
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på en som er anderledes end dem selv.
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I'm making an argument that art and creativity
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Jeg argumenterer for at kunst og kreativitet
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are very essential tools in empathy.
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er meget essentielle værktøjer i empati.
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You know, I can't promise my child
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Jeg kan selvfølgelig ikke love mit barn
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a life without bias --
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et liv uden partiskhed --
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we're all biased --
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vi er alle partiske --
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but I promise to bias my child with multiple perspectives.
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men jeg lover at præge mit barn med flertallige perspektiver.
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Thank you very much.
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Mange tak.
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(Applause)
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(Klapsalver)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Raghava KK - ArtistRaghava KK's paintings and drawings use cartoonish shapes and colors to examine the body, society, our world.
Why you should listen
Raghava KK began his career in art as a newspaper cartoonist, and the cartoonist’s bold line -- and dead-on eye for truth -- still powers his art. His work spans painting, sculpture, installation, film and iPad art, always linked by his challenging opinions on identity, conformity, gender, celebrity, ceremony. (He even views his lavish Indian wedding as a piece of performance art.)
His early work as a painter made a complete break with his cartoon career -- he painted watercolors on canvas using only his hands and feet. Since then, his work has grown to knit together aesthetics from both worlds, as collage and complication play against flat color and precise lines. He shows in galleries and performance spaces around the world and often collaborates with other artists, most recently with musicians Paul Simon and Erykah Badu. In 2011, he launched his children's iPad book, Pop-it, shaking up the concept of an ideal family. He is currently working on a project that promises to shake up everything! From news to education.
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