Marc Bamuthi Joseph: What soccer can teach us about freedom
मार्क बामुथि जोसेफ़: फ़ुटबॉल हमें आज़ादी के बारे में क्या सिखा सकता है
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
अपने शरीर से प्यार करना
मुझे आज़ाद लगता है
on the soccer pitch.
गोल स्कोर करने के बाद
to revive the dead,
मृत को फिर से जीवित करने के लिए,
at a contemporary arts center,
कला केंद्र में क्यूरेटर हूँ
that doesn't bleed or sweat or cry.
नही है जिससे खून, पसीना या आँसू नही बहते
are going to live in a time
ऐसे ज़माने में जीएँगे
are fresh water and empathy.
सबसे कीमती चीज़े होंगी
and majestic sculpture
पसंद है,
to turn that inspiration
जिससे उस प्रेरणा को
who loves sports.
पर मुझे खेल-कूद बहुत पसंद है
my latest piece /peh-LO-tah/
पर काम कर रहा था,
was a means for my own immigrant family
नए संदर्भ में, फुटबॉल कैसे
and normality and community
निरंतरता, सामान्यता और एक समुदाय की भावना
and assault on immigrant identity,
करते थे व आप्रवासी होने की पहचान पर हमला
as an affirmational tool
एक सकारात्मक साधन बन सकता है,
and immigrant kids,
परदेशवासी बच्चों के लिए,
movement patterns on the field
फ़ील्ड पर हो रहे चाल-चलन भी
across social and political borders.
यात्रियों के चाल-चलन जैसे ही हैं
play on endangered ground.
खेलते हैं वह खतरे से भरी ही होती है |
that they use to plan the next goal
वे अगले गोल की योजना बनाते हैं
to navigate the next block.
रास्ता भी ढूँढ सकते हैं |
and even divisively,
और विभाजित होकर भी
"build this wall,"
रक्षा करो", "यह दीवार बनाओ", "हमारी
that are beautifully designed
जो खूबसूरती से डिज़ाइन किए गए हैं
back to something that exists inside
अंदर बसी किसी ऐसे चीज़ से जोड़ना चाहता था
part soccer tournament,
व दूसरा हिस्सा है फुटबॉल की प्रतियोगिता
field of inquiry
का उपयोग करता है,
political action for young people.
एक राजनीतिक कार्य-योजना बनाने के लिए
"Moving and Passing."
"मूविंग आॅन्ड पासिंग" |
site-specific performance
स्थिति-विशिष्ट व्यवहार,
for the urgent question
आप्रवासी युवकों के
तत्काल प्रश्न के लिए |
a 15-year-old kid from Honduras
एक 15 साल के बच्चे हो हो
to two Nigerian immigrants.
नाइजीरियाई आप्रवासियों की 13 साल की बच्ची
dribbling through cones
शंकुओं में से ड्रिबल करने का
a marching band comes down the field.
मैदान में चला आता है
with the exuberance of culture,
के साथ जोड़ना चाहता हूँ,
राजनीतिक रूप से अवगत होते है,
would explain Black Lives Matter,
ब्लैक लाइव्स मैटर की व्याख्या कैसे करेगा,
would explain gun control,
की व्याख्या कैसे करेगा,
is the perfect metaphor
अमेरिकी असाधारणता की सीमाओं को
और उनकी कल्पना भी करते हैं |
that we can all agree to do together.
सब एक साथ करने के लिए तैयार हो सकते हैं
of this spinning ball.
गोले का आधिकारिक खेल है |
to connect the joy of the game
मैं इस खेल की खुशी को
फुटबॉलर के साथ जोड़ सकू,
in sight of a better position.
जो भी बेहतर जगह की तलाश में चले थे |
to connect their families' histories
परिवार के इतिहास को
जोड़ना चाहता हूँ,
after the ball beats the goalie,
गेंद गोलकीपर को पार कर जाता है,
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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