Yana Buhrer Tavanier: How to recover from activism burnout
Yana Buhrer Tavanier: Como se recuperar do esgotamento do ativismo
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.
pelo parceiro dela em Sofia.
that they heard her screams,
que ouviram os gritos dela,
and many other societies,
e em muitas outras sociedades,
as a private matter.
como um assunto particular.
to any other kind of noise.
a qualquer outro tipo de ruído.
the absurdity of this.
just below V's for one night.
logo abaixo do dela por uma noite.
we had assembled in the living room
montado na sala de estar
hesitant to press the bell.
hesitante em tocar a campainha.
the ominous silence
que explora o silêncio sinistro
and it became instantly viral.
e, instantaneamente, ele viralizou.
the voices of survivors
as vozes das sobreviventes
histórias semelhantes on-line.
with specific advice,
com conselhos específicos
the body of a woman
o corpo de uma mulher
em direitos humanos.
for socially engaged creative solutions.
criativas socialmente engajadas.
how to make people care and act.
com que as pessoas se importem e ajam.
that creative actions can save the world,
podem salvar o mundo,
and human rights in the same sentence,
e direitos humanos na mesma frase,
that we can't win this.
que não podemos vencer isso.
published by Columbia University,
publicado pela Universidade Columbia,
are widespread amongst activists.
estão bem difundidos entre os ativistas.
I felt at my final stop.
me senti na minha última parada.
a melancolia ou a tristeza?
and play researcher Dr. Stuart Brown
e pesquisador de jogos Dr. Stuart Brown
lights up the brain like play,
mais do que uma brincadeira,
não é trabalho,
into what I call today "play-tivism."
no que chamo hoje de "brincar-tivismo".
is filled with artists,
cheio de artistas,
in radical collaboration.
numa colaboração radical.
to empower activism.
para capacitar o ativismo.
não precisam ser divertidos,
the project I talked about earlier,
o projeto que mencionei antes,
and a software engineer
e um engenheiro de software
two days before they pitched the idea.
dois dias antes de lançarem a ideia.
in our lab series
em nossa série de experimentos,
to work on human rights issues.
atuando em questões de direitos humanos.
include a pop-up bakery
incluem uma padaria "pop-up",
beautiful but horrible-tasting cupcakes --
cupcakes bonitos, mas de gosto horrível...
in the shoes of a dictator
que te coloca no lugar de um ditador,
of tools and tactics of oppression.
de ferramentas e táticas de opressão.
just to test the idea,
só para testar a ideia,
and if we can make it better.
e se podemos melhorá-lo.
that we put it all online
que colocamos tudo on-line
of experimentation in activism.
da experimentação no ativismo.
if we are not afraid to lose.
se não tivermos medo de perder.
pela Universidade de Stanford
by Stanford University
of what makes people care
as pessoas se importarem
been hearing for years:
not from more information
de mais informação,
global armed conflict through light bulbs,
armado global usando lâmpadas,
one single monument of a woman in Sofia
monumento de mulher em Sofia
understanding and direct action.
a compreensão e a ação direta.
taking risks and trying and failing
dos direitos humanos,
"Quanta irresponsabilidade!"
brincadeira com negligência.
or spark better ideas.
ou desperta ideias melhores.
to be able to breathe.
para podermos respirar.
by a communist dictatorship.
por uma ditadura comunista.
sonhos são pesadelos.
all the past will be forgotten
todo o passado será esquecido,
the blood of past mistakes.
o sangue dos erros do passado.
of our humanity will crumble,
humanidade irão desmoronar,
and beauty of us playing together.
e a beleza de brincarmos juntos.
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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