Marc Bamuthi Joseph: What soccer can teach us about freedom
مارک باموتی جوزف: چیزی که فوتبال درباره آزادی به ما میآموزد
TED Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a curator of words, ideas and protagonists. His bold, poetically-driven work investigates social issues and cultural identity. Full bio
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rising up against gravity
on the soccer pitch.
to revive the dead,
at a contemporary arts center,
یک مرکز هنرهای معاصر هستم،
that doesn't bleed or sweat or cry.
و اشک و عرق نباشد اعتقادی ندارم.
are going to live in a time
در زمانی زندگی خواهند کرد
are fresh water and empathy.
آب تازه و یکدلی باشند.
and majestic sculpture
و مجسمههای باشکوه هستم،
تا با آن ادامه دهم.
to turn that inspiration
بدهید تا آن الهام را
who loves sports.
هستم که عاشق ورزش است.
my latest piece /peh-LO-tah/
آخرم را میساختم /په-لو-تا/
was a means for my own immigrant family
برای خانواده مهاجر من چه معنایی دارد
and normality and community
and assault on immigrant identity,
و حمله به هویت مهاجر،
as an affirmational tool
به عنوان ابزاری تصریح کننده
and immigrant kids,
و فرزندان مهاجران عمل کند،
movement patterns on the field
که الگوهای حرکت در میدان را
across social and political borders.
از مرزهای اجتماعی و سیاسی در نظر بگیرند.
play on endangered ground.
در زمینی در معرض خطر بازی میکنند.
that they use to plan the next goal
برنامه ریزی گل بعدی از آن استفاده میکنند،
to navigate the next block.
به بلوک بعدی استفاده شود.
and even divisively,
و حتی متضاد صحبت میکنیم،
"build this wall,"
«این دیوار را بسازید،»
that are beautifully designed
که به زیبایی طراحی شدهاند
back to something that exists inside
دنبال ایده را تا جایی درون آنها بگیرم
part soccer tournament,
field of inquiry
political action for young people.
برای جوانان ایجاد کند.
"Moving and Passing."
site-specific performance
آموزشی، نمایشی با توجه ویژه به جایگاه
for the urgent question
در میان مهاجران جوان.
a 15-year-old kid from Honduras
to two Nigerian immigrants.
دو مهاجر نیجریایی در واشنگتن به دنیا آمده است.
dribbling through cones
a marching band comes down the field.
وارد میدان میشود.
with the exuberance of culture,
با فراوانی فرهنگ ارتباط دهم،
would explain Black Lives Matter,
«زندگی سیاهان ارزش دارد» را شرح دهد،
would explain gun control,
چطور کنترل سلاح را توضیح دهد،
is the perfect metaphor
چطور استعارهای بینقص میشود
مطالعه میکنیم،
نام میبریم و تصور میکنیم.
that we can all agree to do together.
میتوانیم سر با هم انجام دادنش توافق کنیم.
of this spinning ball.
این توپ چرخان است.
to connect the joy of the game
in sight of a better position.
جایگاهی بهتر حرکت کردهاند پیوند دهم.
to connect their families' histories
خاطرات خوانوادههای آنها را
after the ball beats the goalie,
توپ دروازهبان را شکست داد داریم،
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Marc Bamuthi Joseph - Arts activist, spoken word artistTED Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a curator of words, ideas and protagonists. His bold, poetically-driven work investigates social issues and cultural identity.
Why you should listen
Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a steadfast believer in empathy as the most valuable currency in building community, and he seeks to spark curiosity and dialogue about freedom, compassion and fearlessness through pioneering arts stewardship and education. A 2017 TEDGlobal Fellow, Bamuthi graced the cover of Smithsonian Magazine as one of America's Top Young Innovators in the Arts and Sciences; artistically directed HBO's "Russell Simmons presents Brave New Voices"; and is an inaugural recipient of the United States Artists Rockefeller Fellowship, which annually recognizes 50 of the country’s greatest living artists. Dance Magazine named him a Top Influencer in 2017.
Bamuthi's evening-length work, red black and GREEN: a blues, was nominated for a 2013 Bessie Award for "Outstanding Production (of a work stretching the boundaries of a traditional form)" and he has won numerous grants including from the National Endowment for the Arts and Creative Capital Foundation. His noted work /peh-LO-tah/ is inspired by soccer and Bamuthi's first generation American experience, intersecting global economics, cross-border fan culture and the politics of joy.
Bamuthi is the founding Program Director of the non-profit Youth Speaks, and he is a co-founder of Life is Living, a national series of one-day festivals which activate under-resourced parks and affirm peaceful urban life. His essays have been published in Harvard Education Press; he has lectured at more than 200 colleges, has carried adjunct professorships at Stanford and Lehigh, among others, and currently serves as Chief of Program and Pedagogy at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
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