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Marc Bamuthi Joseph: What soccer can teach us about freedom
馬克巴母西喬瑟夫: 關於自由，足球能教我們什麼
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劇作人及 TED 成員馬克巴母西喬瑟夫說：「足球是地球上唯一我們都同意能夠一起做的事。」在他的演出以及叫做「移動與傳球」的計畫中，喬瑟夫結合了音樂、舞蹈以及足球，揭示藝術和運動之間可取得的喜悅連結。來聽聽看他如何用這美好的球賽來培養出共同體，並強調出移民所面臨的議題。
Marc Bamuthi Joseph - Arts activist, spoken word artist
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
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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The two places
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有兩個地方，
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where I feel most free
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讓我感到最自由，
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aren't actually places.
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它們其實都不算地方。
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They're moments.
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它們是時刻。
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The first is inside of dance.
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第一是在舞蹈中。
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Somewhere between
rising up against gravity
rising up against gravity
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在對抗地心引力升起來，
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and the feeling that the air beneath me
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到感受到我底下的空氣之間，
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is falling in love with my body's weight.
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我會愛上我的體重。
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I'm dancing and the air is carrying me
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我在舞蹈，而空氣帶著我，
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like I might never come down.
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好像我永遠不會落下一樣。
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The second place that I feel free
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第二個讓我感到自由的地方，
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is after scoring a goal
on the soccer pitch.
on the soccer pitch.
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是在足球場上射門得分之後。
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My body floods with the chemical
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我的身體湧入放在腎上腺素筆裡面
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that they put inside of EpiPens
to revive the dead,
to revive the dead,
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那種用來讓死者復甦的化學物質，
00:57
and I am weightless,
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我沒有重量，
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raceless.
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沒有種族。
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My story is this: I'm a curator
at a contemporary arts center,
at a contemporary arts center,
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我的故事如下：我是
一間現代藝術中心的策展人，
一間現代藝術中心的策展人，
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but I don't really believe in art
that doesn't bleed or sweat or cry.
that doesn't bleed or sweat or cry.
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但我不相信不會流血、
流汗，或哭泣的藝術。
流汗，或哭泣的藝術。
01:16
I imagine that my kids
are going to live in a time
are going to live in a time
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我想像在我孩子所居住的時代，
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when the most valuable commodities
are fresh water and empathy.
are fresh water and empathy.
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最珍貴的商品是乾淨的水和同理心。
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I love pretty dances
and majestic sculpture
and majestic sculpture
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我熱愛好看的舞蹈和壯麗的雕塑，
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as much as the next guy,
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就和旁人一樣，
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but give me something else to go with it.
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但給我其他和它搭配的東西。
01:30
Lift me up with the aesthetic sublime
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且美感的崇高把我抬起，
01:33
and give me a practice or some tools
to turn that inspiration
to turn that inspiration
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給我一場練習或一些工具，
來將那靈感轉化成為了解和行動。
01:37
into understanding and action.
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For instance, I'm a theater maker
who loves sports.
who loves sports.
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比如，我是個熱愛運動的劇作人。
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When I was making
my latest piece /peh-LO-tah/
my latest piece /peh-LO-tah/
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當我在創作我最新的作品
《peh-LO-tah》時，
《peh-LO-tah》時，
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I thought a lot about how soccer
was a means for my own immigrant family
was a means for my own immigrant family
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我想了很多關於足球
對我自己的移民家庭的意義，
對我自己的移民家庭的意義，
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to foster a sense of continuity
and normality and community
and normality and community
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在美國的新背景中，
培養出一種持續、
培養出一種持續、
常態、共同體的感覺。
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within the new context of the US.
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02:01
In this heightened moment of xenophobia
and assault on immigrant identity,
and assault on immigrant identity,
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在這仇外心理
和攻擊移民身份的時刻，
和攻擊移民身份的時刻，
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I wanted to think through
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我想要想清楚，
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how the game could serve
as an affirmational tool
as an affirmational tool
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比賽如何能成為一項認同工具，
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for first-generation Americans
and immigrant kids,
and immigrant kids,
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給第一代美國人和移民孩子使用，
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to ask them to consider
movement patterns on the field
movement patterns on the field
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要他們想想在場上的移動模式，
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as kin to migratory patterns
across social and political borders.
across social and political borders.
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就像是跨過社會和政治
邊界的遷移模式。
邊界的遷移模式。
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Whether footballers or not,
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不論是不是足球員，
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immigrants in the US
play on endangered ground.
play on endangered ground.
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美國的移民者都是
在受到危及的地面上玩球。
在受到危及的地面上玩球。
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I wanted to help the kids understand
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我想要協助孩子們了解
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that the same muscle
that they use to plan the next goal
that they use to plan the next goal
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他們用來規劃下一次射門的肌肉，
02:36
can also be used
to navigate the next block.
to navigate the next block.
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也能用來引導下一次的阻擋。
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For me, freedom exists in the body.
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對我來說，自由存在於體內。
02:45
We talk about it abstractly
and even divisively,
and even divisively,
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我們談論它的方式
很抽象，甚至很分歧，
很抽象，甚至很分歧，
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like "protect our freedom,"
"build this wall,"
"build this wall,"
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比如「保護我們的自由」、
「建立這道牆」、
「建立這道牆」、
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"they hate us because of our freedom."
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「他們因為我們的自由而討厭我們」。
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We have all these systems
that are beautifully designed
that are beautifully designed
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我們有這麼多體制
完美地設計來監禁我們或驅逐我們，
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to incarcerate us or deport us,
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but how do we design freedom?
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但我們要如何設計自由？
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For these kids, I wanted to track the idea
back to something that exists inside
back to something that exists inside
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為這些孩子，我想要把這想法
追溯回到內在的東西，
追溯回到內在的東西，
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that no one could take away,
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沒有人能奪走，
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so I developed this curriculum
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所以我發展出了這門課程，
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that's part poli-sci class,
part soccer tournament,
part soccer tournament,
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它有一部分是政治科學課，
有一部分是足球巡迴賽，
有一部分是足球巡迴賽，
03:17
inside of an arts festival.
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我把它放在一個藝術節中。
03:20
It accesses /peh-LO-tah/'s
field of inquiry
field of inquiry
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它能取得《peh-LO-tah》的
研究調查領域，
研究調查領域，
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to create a sports-based
political action for young people.
political action for young people.
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來為年輕人創造出
以運動為基礎的政治行動。
以運動為基礎的政治行動。
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The project is called
"Moving and Passing."
"Moving and Passing."
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這項專案計畫叫做「移動與傳球」。
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It intersects curriculum development,
site-specific performance
site-specific performance
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它貫穿了課程發展、
特定地點的表演，
特定地點的表演，
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and the politics of joy,
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以及帶著喜悅的政治，
03:36
while using soccer as a metaphor
for the urgent question
for the urgent question
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同時用足球當作象徵，
比喻迫切的問題：
比喻迫切的問題：
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of enfranchisement among immigrant youth.
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將公民權授予移民年輕人。
03:44
Imagine that you are
a 15-year-old kid from Honduras
a 15-year-old kid from Honduras
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想像一下，你是來自
宏都拉斯的十五歲孩子，
宏都拉斯的十五歲孩子，
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now living in Harlem,
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現在住在哈林區，
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or you're a 13-year-old girl born in DC
to two Nigerian immigrants.
to two Nigerian immigrants.
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或是出生在華盛頓特區的十三歲
女孩，父母都是奈及利亞移民。
女孩，父母都是奈及利亞移民。
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You love the game.
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你熱愛球賽。
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You're on the field with your folks.
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你和你的伙伴們在球場上。
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You've just been practicing
dribbling through cones
dribbling through cones
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你剛剛在練習盤球穿越圓椎障礙，
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for, like, 15 minutes,
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練了大約十五分鐘，
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and then, all of a sudden,
a marching band comes down the field.
a marching band comes down the field.
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接著，突然間一支軍樂隊來到場上。
04:06
I want to associate the joy of the game
with the exuberance of culture,
with the exuberance of culture,
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我想要把球賽的喜悅
和文化的豐富性拉上關聯，
和文化的豐富性拉上關聯，
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to locate the site of joy in the game
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以在球賽中把喜悅放置在
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at the same physical coordinate
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和在透過藝術來增長
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as being politically informed by art,
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政治見識相同的實體座標上，
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a grass-laden theater for liberation.
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一間長滿草的自由劇院。
04:25
We spend a week
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我們花一週的時間，
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looking at how the midfielder
would explain Black Lives Matter,
would explain Black Lives Matter,
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看著前衛如何解釋「黑命貴」，
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or how the goalkeeper
would explain gun control,
would explain gun control,
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或守門員如何解釋槍枝管制，
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or how a defender's style
is the perfect metaphor
is the perfect metaphor
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或後衛的風格如何能完美地象徵出
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for the limits of American exceptionalism.
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美國例外論的限制。
04:40
As we study positions on the field,
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當我們研究場上每個角色的位置時，
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we also name and imagine our own freedoms.
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我們也說出及想像出了
屬於我們自己的自由。
屬於我們自己的自由。
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I don't know, man, soccer is, like,
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我不知道，足球就像是……
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the only thing on this planet
that we can all agree to do together.
that we can all agree to do together.
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地球上唯一我們都同意
能夠一起做的事。
能夠一起做的事。
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You know? It's like the official sport
of this spinning ball.
of this spinning ball.
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你們知道嗎？它就像是
這顆旋轉地球的官方運動。
這顆旋轉地球的官方運動。
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I want to be able
to connect the joy of the game
to connect the joy of the game
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我想要把球賽的喜悅連結到
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to the ever-moving footballer,
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不斷在移動的足球員，
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to connect that moving footballer
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將那移動的足球員連結到
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to immigrants who also moved
in sight of a better position.
in sight of a better position.
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看到為得更佳位置而移動的移民。
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Among these kids, I want
to connect their families' histories
to connect their families' histories
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在這些孩子當中，我想要
將他們的家庭歷史連結到
將他們的家庭歷史連結到
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to the bliss of a goal-scorer's run,
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射門得分者高興奔跑的極樂，
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family like that feeling
after the ball beats the goalie,
after the ball beats the goalie,
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家庭就像是在球打敗了
守門員之後的感受，
守門員之後的感受，
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the closest thing going to freedom.
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那是最接近自由的東西。
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Thank you.
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謝謝。
05:31
(Applause)
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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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