Yana Buhrer Tavanier: How to recover from activism burnout
يانا بوهرار تافانيير: كيف تتعافى من إنهاك النشاط الإنساني
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.
that they heard her screams,
and many other societies,
والعديد من المجتمعات الأخرى
as a private matter.
to any other kind of noise.
مع أي نوع آخر من الضجيج.
the absurdity of this.
just below V's for one night.
لليلة واحدة فقط.
we had assembled in the living room
في غرفة المعيشة
hesitant to press the bell.
the ominous silence
and it became instantly viral.
على نطاق واسع
the voices of survivors
with specific advice,
the body of a woman
for socially engaged creative solutions.
للمشكلات الإجتماعية
how to make people care and act.
تفكر وتعمل
that creative actions can save the world,
بإمكانها إنقاذ العالم
and human rights in the same sentence,
وحقوق الإنسان في جملة واحدة
that we can't win this.
published by Columbia University,
الذي نشرته جامعة كولومبيا
are widespread amongst activists.
بين النشطاء
I felt at my final stop.
أحسست أني على الموقف الأخير
and play researcher Dr. Stuart Brown
والباحث في اللعب در.ستوارت براون
lights up the brain like play,
into what I call today "play-tivism."
إلى ما أدعوه اليوم "التسلية"
is filled with artists,
in radical collaboration.
في التعاون الجوهري.
to empower activism.
the project I talked about earlier,
الذي تحدثت عنه منذ قليل
and a software engineer
ومهندس برمجيات.
two days before they pitched the idea.
قبل يومين من إيجاد الفكرة
in our lab series
to work on human rights issues.
على قضايا حقوق إنسان.
include a pop-up bakery
beautiful but horrible-tasting cupcakes --
ولكن سيء الذاق.
in the shoes of a dictator
of tools and tactics of oppression.
just to test the idea,
and if we can make it better.
that we put it all online
الذي وضعناه على الإنترنت.
of experimentation in activism.
الاختبار العلمي للنشاط الإنساني
if we are not afraid to lose.
من الخسارة.
by Stanford University
of what makes people care
been hearing for years:
not from more information
global armed conflict through light bulbs,
عن طريق مصابيح ضوء.
one single monument of a woman in Sofia
واحد لامرأة في صوفيا
understanding and direct action.
taking risks and trying and failing
والمحاولة والفشل
على أنه إهمال.
or spark better ideas.
أو تطلق أفكارا أفضل
to be able to breathe.
كي نقدر على التنفس
by a communist dictatorship.
all the past will be forgotten
the blood of past mistakes.
of our humanity will crumble,
and beauty of us playing together.
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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