Yana Buhrer Tavanier: How to recover from activism burnout
Yana Buhrer Tavanier: Cómo recuperarse del agotamiento del activismo
TED Senior Fellow Yana Buhrer Tavanier explores human rights innovation at the intersection of activism, art, tech and science -- and their potential to instigate change. Full bio
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by her partner in Sofia.
por su pareja en Sofía.
that they heard her screams,
que escucharon sus gritos,
and many other societies,
y en otras muchas sociedades,
as a private matter.
vista como un asunto privado.
to any other kind of noise.
rápido a cualquier otro tipo de sonido.
the absurdity of this.
lo absurdo de esto.
just below V's for one night.
justo debajo del de V una noche.
we had assembled in the living room
montado en la sala de estar
hesitant to press the bell.
dudando si pulsar el timbre.
the ominous silence
explorando el ominoso silencio
and it became instantly viral.
y se convirtió al instante en viral.
the voices of survivors
las voces de las supervivientes
historias similares en línea.
with specific advice,
consejos específicos,
a tomar medidas.
the body of a woman
el cuerpo de una mujer
en derechos humanos
for socially engaged creative solutions.
soluciones creativas comprometidas.
how to make people care and act.
que la gente se preocupe y actúe.
that creative actions can save the world,
creativas pueden salvar el mundo,
and human rights in the same sentence,
y derechos humanos en la misma frase,
that we can't win this.
published by Columbia University,
publicado por la Universidad de Columbia,
are widespread amongst activists.
están extendidos entre los activistas.
I felt at my final stop.
de avanzar, me sentía en mi final.
lo insulso o el pesimismo?
and play researcher Dr. Stuart Brown
e investigador del juego Dr. Stuart Brown
lights up the brain like play,
como el juego,
no es el trabajo,
mi propio agotamiento,
into what I call today "play-tivism."
lo que hoy llamo "juego-tivismo"
is filled with artists,
está lleno de artistas,
in radical collaboration.
una colaboración radical.
to empower activism.
de empoderar el activismo.
no pretenden ser lúdicos,
un acto de resistencia.
the project I talked about earlier,
el proyecto del que hablé antes,
and a software engineer
percusionista y un ingeniero de software
two days before they pitched the idea.
de que lanzaran la idea.
in our lab series
en nuestro laboratorio
to work on human rights issues.
para trabajar en derechos humanos.
include a pop-up bakery
la panadería emergente que enseña
beautiful but horrible-tasting cupcakes --
pastelitos, pero de sabor horrible,
in the shoes of a dictator
en los zapatos de un dictador
of tools and tactics of oppression.
de herramientas y tácticas de la opresión.
just to test the idea,
solo para probar la idea,
and if we can make it better.
y si podemos mejorarla.
that we put it all online
que lo ponemos todo en línea
of experimentation in activism.
de la experimentación en el activismo.
if we are not afraid to lose.
si no tenemos miedo a perder.
by Stanford University
de la Universidad de Stanford
preocupa a la gente
of what makes people care
been hearing for years:
oyendo durante años:
not from more information
no desde más información,
global armed conflict through light bulbs,
un conflicto global armado con bombillas,
one single monument of a woman in Sofia
a alguna mujer en Sofía
understanding and direct action.
la comprensión y la acción directa.
taking risks and trying and failing
tomar riesgos e intentar y fallar
el juego con negligencia.
or spark better ideas.
y enciende mejores ideas.
to be able to breathe.
necesitamos para poder respirar.
by a communist dictatorship.
por una dictadura comunista.
son pesadillas.
all the past will be forgotten
todo el pasado será olvidado
the blood of past mistakes.
sangre de errores pasados.
of our humanity will crumble,
nuestra humanidad se derrumbarán,
por la justicia y la libertad,
and beauty of us playing together.
la belleza de jugar todos juntos.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Yana Buhrer Tavanier - Creative activist, social entrepreneurTED Senior Fellow Yana Buhrer Tavanier explores human rights innovation at the intersection of activism, art, tech and science -- and their potential to instigate change.
Why you should listen
Yana Buhrer Tavanier is the cofounder and executive director of Fine Acts, a global platform for socially engaged creative solutions. As a creative activist and a social entrepreneur with a background in investigative journalism, she explores human rights innovation at the intersection of activism, art, tech and science.
Buhrer Tavanier is also cofounder of TimeHeroes.org, a do-more-good platform building volunteering culture in developing societie. She is a board member of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, the country's leading human rights group, and an expert member of Amnesty International's Europe and Central Asia Regional Oversight Group. She has a BA in communication and MA in political science from Sofia University, along with executive education at Harvard University, Yale University and Oxford University. She is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, a fellow of the Royal Society of Art and was named one of 50 people who will change the world in WIRED's Smart List 2012.
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