A lens on Georgia's survival in the shadow of a superpower | Daro Sulakauri

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🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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"Georgia is not heard or seen in the world, and many don't even know the location of the country," says TED Fellow and photographer Daro Sulakauri. Through her striking photographs of life in the shadows of Russian occupation, she uses her camera to create a living archive of her home country and defend against the erasure of its borders, culture and history.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	Audio Collective.
0:04.0	You're listening to Ted Talks daily,
0:11.0	where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day.
0:15.0	I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:17.0	Today's talk is from our brand new batch of 2024 Ted Fellows Films.
0:21.0	Ted's Fellowship supports a network of global innovators and we are so excited to share
0:25.6	their work with you. Today we'd like you to meet photojournalist Daro Sula Kori.
0:31.7	She helps the rest of the world understand the reality of war and occupation in a
0:36.6	powerful and resonant way. She makes the case for why all of us all over the
0:41.4	globe need to understand the humans involved in global
0:44.4	conflicts and how better understanding can lead to positive change.
0:48.0	After we hear from Daro, stick around for her conversation with Ted Fellows program director Lily James Olds.
0:55.0	It's all coming up after the break.
0:59.0	And now our TED Talk of the day.
1:10.5	It's very confusing and unsettling to wake up and have only 72 hours to make that really hard decision to either leave your house or stay on the Russian occupied territory.
1:17.0	Overnight, the border has been unofficially redrawn by the occupied forces.
1:22.0	Your bedroom is now located in a different country.
1:25.2	Where your living room and kitchen
1:26.4	are still in the country where you fell asleep.
1:30.3	The borders are not marked, so you might end up being kidnapped or detained by the Russian-backed forces.
1:38.0	Is that a reality for many many people?
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