Mikhail Zygar: What the Russian Revolution would have looked like on social media
Mikhail Zygar: Hoe de Russische Revolutie eruit had gezien op social media
Mikhail Zygar is the founder of Future History, the creative digital studio behind Project1917 and 1968.digital. Full bio
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geschreven wordt.
zich moet focussen op leiders,
should be focused on the rulers,
in many countries, like mine, Russia,
that was predetermined
influence it in any way.
hier geen enkele invloed op.
ooit een echte democratie is geweest,
that Russia could ever have been
de inwoners van Rusland is gepresenteerd.
history has been framed
ging ik honderd jaar terug in de tijd,
of my life trying to go 100 years back,
and Facebook existed 100 years ago?
honderd jaar geleden bestonden?
een sociaal netwerk voor dode mensen,
a social network for dead people,
alle mogelijke dagboeken en brieven,
all possible real diaries and letters
honderd jaar geleden geschreven.
for each day of 1917
als Stravinsky of Trotsky ...
like Stravinsky or Trotsky,
and others thought and felt.
being ordinary people like you and me,
net zo normaal zijn als jij en ik,
uit hun fouten, angsten en zwaktes bestaat
of their mistakes, fears, weaknesses,
voor veel Russen,
has always been an autocratic empire
een autocratisch rijk was geweest
nooit hebben kunnen prevaleren,
could never have prevailed,
was not our destiny.
communistische dictatuur.
of communist dictatorship.
could have had a different history
een andere geschiedenis had kunnen hebben
as any other country could or still can.
of nog altijd kan.
de doodstraf afschafte,
was the first country in the world
vrouwen stemrecht toekende.
to grant women voting rights.
how ordinary people influenced history
geschiedenis beïnvloedden,
van dat wat er nu gebeurt.
of what's happening right now.
om geschiedenis te vertellen.
een nieuw online project begonnen,
that is called 1968Digital.com,
die je een indruk van dat jaar geeft,
of that year, 1968,
door een wereldwijde sociale verandering
aan de wereld zoals wij die nu kennen.
created the world as we know it now.
door ons de volgende vraag te stellen:
characters could use mobile phones ...
mobiele telefoons konden gebruiken?
and were fighting for the same values,
in the US or in USSR
of Tsjecho-Slowakije.
or in Czechoslovakia.
in such a democratic way,
geschiedenis te belichten,
niet als enigen keuzes maken.
are not the only ones making choices.
of reclaiming history.
om de geschiedenis te heroveren.
filosofen doen ertoe ...
philosophers matter.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mikhail Zygar - Journalist, writer, filmmakerMikhail Zygar is the founder of Future History, the creative digital studio behind Project1917 and 1968.digital.
Why you should listen
Mikhail Zygar is a Russian journalist, writer, filmmaker and the founding editor-in-chief of the Russian independent news TV-channel, Dozhd (2010 - 2015). Prior to Dozhd, Zygar worked for Newsweek Russia and the business daily Kommersant, where he covered the conflicts in Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Serbia and Kosovo. His bestseller All the Kremlin's Men is based on an unprecedented series of interviews with Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, presenting a radically different view of power and politics in Russia. His recent book The Empire Must Die was released in Russian and English in 2017. It portrays the years leading up to the Russian revolution and the vivid drama of Russia's brief and exotic experiment with civil society before it was swept away by the Communist Revolution.
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