Name: TED】Amy Padnani:我們如何紀念被歷史忽視的人（我們如何紀念被歷史忽視的人｜Amy Padnani）。 (【TED】Amy Padnani: How we're honoring people overlooked by history (How we're honoring people overlooked by history | Amy Padnani))
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T08:22:07.000Z
Duration: 11 min 1 s

Translator: Ivana Korom Reviewer: Krystian Aparta

譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: Helen Chang

and I'm an editor on the obituaries desk at the "New York Times."

負責《紐約時報》訃文的編輯。

Or, as some friends call me, the angel of death.

或者，有些朋友會稱我為死亡天使。

"Isn't it depressing, working on obituaries

「做訃文的工作， 時時刻刻想著死亡，

Obits aren't about death, they're about life,

訃文是有趣的，讓人能體會的。

we had the obit for the inventor of the sock puppet.

我們為襪子玩偶的發明者寫了訃文。

but have you ever thought about who created it,

Obits are a signature form of journalism.

訃文是極具新聞報導特色的文體。

It's an opportunity for a writer to weave the tale of a person's life

它讓作者有機會 將一個人的人生故事

the "New York Times" has published thousands of obituaries.

《紐約時報》已經刊出了 數以千計的訃文。

even the person who came up with the name on the Slinky.

甚至那位將螺旋彈簧玩具 取名為 Slinky 的人。

chronicle the lives of women and people of color.

是在記錄女性和有色人種的人生。

That's the impetus behind a project I created

我創立了叫做「被忽略」的計畫，

which tells the stories of marginalized groups of people

目的是幫被邊緣化的族群說故事，

It's a chance for the newspaper to revisit its 168-year existence

這是個機會，讓報社能 重溫它 168 年的歷史，

為那些不論因為什麼理由 而被排除的人，

for people who were, for whatever reason, left out.

It's a chance to right the wrongs of the past,

這是個可以修正過去的錯誤的機會，

and to refocus society's lens on who is considered important.

重新調整社會的焦點， 重新思考誰是重要的。

I came up with the idea when I first joined Obituaries in 2017.

我是在 2017 年剛加入 訃文團隊時想出這個點子。

The Black Lives Matter movement was at a rolling boil,

當時「黑命貴」活動 正如火如荼展開，

and the conversation on gender inequality had just started bubbling up again.

關於性別不平等的談話 又開始冒出來。

And at the same time, I wondered, as a journalist and as a woman of color,

同時，我很納悶， 身為記者以及有色人種女性，

what could I do to help advance this conversation.

我要怎麼做才能協助 促進這種談話？

to tell stories of injustices that they had faced,

So I noticed we would get these emails, sometimes, from readers,

我注意到，有時我們 會收到一些讀者來信，

saying, "Hey, why don't you have more women and people of color

說：「嘿，為什麼你們不多刋載

一些女性和有色人種的訃文？」

我心想：「是啊，為什麼不？」

Since I was new to the team, I asked my colleagues,

因為我才剛進入團隊， 我跑去問同事這件事，

and they said, "Well, the people who are dying today

are from a generation when women and people of color

weren't invited to the table to make a difference.

女性和有色人種 不會被邀請一起創造不同。

we'll start to see more women and people of color in our obituaries."

我們就會有更多女性 和有色人種的訃文。」

That answer just wasn't satisfying at all.

I wanted to know: Where are all the dead women?

我想要知道：死掉的 女性都到哪去了？

So I started thinking about how we hear about people who have died, right?

所以，我開始思考， 我們如何得知人的死訊？

Number one way is through reader submissions.

排名第一的方式是由讀者提交。

"Well, what if we were to look at international newspapers

and I came across a website about Mary Outerbridge.

我剛好看了一個關於 瑪麗•奧特布里奇的網站。

She was credited with introducing tennis to America in 1874.

1874 年網球被引入 美國是她的功勞。

And I thought, wow, one of the biggest sports in America

我心想，哇，這是美國 最盛行的運動之一，

And did she get a New York Times obituary?

《紐約時報》有刊她的訃文嗎？

And it sent me on this deep dive through the archives.

為此，我埋首到檔案資料庫中。

who started the campaign against lynching.

now recognized as the first computer programmer.

如今被公認是首位電腦程式設計師。

"What if we were to tell their stories now?"

「如果我們現在來說 她們的故事呢？」

because it didn't get it right the first time.

It was also a little weird to sort of look back at the past,

而且這樣做有點怪， 因為我們回頭看過去，

rather than cover news stories of our day.

But I said, "Guys, I really think this is worthwhile."

但，我說：「各位， 我真的認為這很值得。」

一旦我的團隊看到了它的價值，

And so, with the help of a dozen writers and editors,

所以，在十多名作家 和編輯的協助下，

And while I knew that the work my team was doing was powerful,

雖然我知道我的團隊 所做的事很強大，

I didn't expect the response to be equally powerful.

但我並沒有預期到 得到的反應也會同等強大。

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