Mikhail Zygar: What the Russian Revolution would have looked like on social media
Mikhail Zygar: Como teria sido a Revolução Russa nas mídias sociais
Mikhail Zygar is the founder of Future History, the creative digital studio behind Project1917 and 1968.digital. Full bio
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should be focused on the rulers,
deveria ser focada nos governantes,
in many countries, like mine, Russia,
em muitos países, como o meu, a Rússia,
that was predetermined
que foi predeterminado
influence it in any way.
influenciá-la de nenhuma maneira.
that Russia could ever have been
que a Rússia poderia ter sido
verdadeiramente democrática,
history has been framed
foi idealizada para os cidadãos da Rússia.
of my life trying to go 100 years back,
de minha vida tentando voltar 100 anos,
and Facebook existed 100 years ago?
e o Facebook existissem 100 anos atrás?"
a social network for dead people,
uma rede social para pessoas mortas,
all possible real diaries and letters
todos os diários e cartas reais possíveis
de 3 mil pessoas há 100 anos.
de nosso site ou aplicativo
for each day of 1917
para cada dia de 1917
like Stravinsky or Trotsky,
como Stravinsky ou Trotsky,
and others thought and felt.
pensaram e sentiram.
being ordinary people like you and me,
sendo pessoas comuns, como você e eu,
of their mistakes, fears, weaknesses,
para muitos russos,
has always been an autocratic empire
sempre foi um império autocrático
could never have prevailed,
nunca poderiam ter prevalecido,
was not our destiny.
não era o nosso destino.
of communist dictatorship.
de ditadura comunista.
could have had a different history
poderia ter tido uma história diferente
as any other country could or still can.
outro país poderia ou ainda pode.
was the first country in the world
foi o primeiro país do mundo
to grant women voting rights.
o direito de voto às mulheres.
how ordinary people influenced history
como as pessoas comuns a influenciaram
of what's happening right now.
do que está acontecendo agora.
de contar a história,
that is called 1968Digital.com,
que se chama 1968Digital.com,
of that year, 1968,
daquele ano, 1968,
created the world as we know it now.
como o conhecemos agora.
characters could use mobile phones ...
principais pudessem usar celulares
and were fighting for the same values,
e lutavam pelos mesmos valores,
in the US or in USSR
nos EUA, na União Soviética,
or in Czechoslovakia.
ou na Tchecoslováquia.
in such a democratic way,
de maneira tão democrática,
are not the only ones making choices.
não são as únicas que fazem escolhas.
of reclaiming history.
a possibilidade de recuperar a história.
philosophers matter.
e filósofos são importantes.
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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