Taily Terena

UTaily Terena (ozalwa ngo-1993, eBrasília, eBrazil) ungumcwaningi we-anthropology, umvikeli wemvelo kanye nomeluleki wezenhlalo waseBrazil ongowesizwe samaTerena (Xané). Uhlonishwa ngomsebenzi wakhe wokuphakamisa amalungelo abantu bomdabu, ubulungiswa bezulu, kanye nokulingana ngokobulili, eBrazil nasemazingeni amazwe ngamazwe. Ngo-2025, waba ngumuntu wokuqala womdabu waseBrazil owathola i-Global Citizen Prize ngenxa yobuholi bakhe emsebenzini wokuvikela imvelo nokumela abantu bomdabu.^[1]

Impilo yakhe nemfundo

UTerena wazalwa eBrasília, eBrazil, ngo-1993, emndenini onomlando oqinile wokulwela amalungelo abantu bomdabu nokuvikelwa kwemvelo. Unina, u-Emília Dulce Florentino, ungumvikeli wemvelo, kanti uyise, uMarcos Terena, uthathwa njengomunye wabasunguli benhlangano yabantu bomdabu eBrazil.^[2]Wakhulela phakathi kwezindawo zasemadolobheni kanye noMhlaba wamaTerena iTaunay Ipegue eMato Grosso do Sul, lapho aqinisa khona ubudlelwano bakhe namasiko kanye nempilo yomphakathi. Wafunda i-anthropology nezifundo zomphakathi e-University of Brasília, egxila ekugcineni amasiko nasendleleni yokudluliselwa kolwazi lwendabuko lwabantu bomdabu. Ucwaningo lwakhe lugqamisa ukuthi izifazane emphakathini wendabuko zigcina futhi ziguqula amasiko ngezizukulwane.^[3]

Imisebenzi yakhe

Amalungelo abantu bomdabu

UTerena uyilungu elisebenzayo le-International Indian Treaty Council, lapho eqinisekisa ukuthi imibono yabantu bomdabu imelwe ezindaweni zokuthatha izinqumo zomhlaba^[4].Ubuyela futhi neqhaza kwi-Institute of Indigenous Memory and Science futhi uyisunguli-mbambisene le-Inamatí Xâné Terena Youth Collective, ehlose ukuqinisekisa intsha yabomdabu kanye nokuqhubekisela phambili amasiko.

Isayensi yendabuko

Umsebenzi wakhe ugcizelela ukubaluleka kwesayensi yendabuko — ulwazi oludluliselwa ngokuhlangenwe nakho lwesizukulwane kuya kwesinye — uma kuqhathaniswa nesayensi yaseNtshonalanga esekelwe kakhulu ezivivinyweni zelabhorethri. Uke wathi abantu bomdabu “abadingi isayensi yaseNtshonalanga ukuze baqinisekise lokho abesekwazi ngezizukulwane ngokubuka nokuqaphela”.^[5]

Ubulungiswa besimosezulu

UTerena ubambe iqhaza ezinkomfeni eziningi ze-United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP) njengommeli wabantu bomdabu.^[6]Ekuqaleni wadumazeka ngokuthatha phezulu kwezinkampani namazwe kulezi zindawo, kodwa wazimisela ukuqinisekisa ukuthi imiphakathi yabomdabu ibonwa njengeqoqo elilinganayo ezinkulumweni zezulu. Uhlala ekhumbula amazwi kameluleki wakhe: “Uma singahlali etafuleni ukuze sidle ndawonye, kusho ukuthi siyadliwa etafuleni.^[7]

Ubulili nomhlaba

Umqondo owaziwayo emsebenzini kaTerena wukuhlanganisa umzimba–nomhlaba, oxhumanisa ubulungiswa bemvelo namalungelo abesifazane. Uthi izidumbu zabesifazane zivame ukuba yizokuqala ukukhombisa umthelela wokulimala kwemvelo, okwenza ukulingana ngokobulili kube yingxenye eyinhloko yokuphila okuhle kwemvelo.^[8]

Ukuhlonishwa

Ngo-2025, uTerena wathola Global Citizen Prize, waba ngumuntu wokuqala womdabu waseBrazil onikezwe lo mklomelo.^[9]Wawuchaza njengempumelelo engeyona eyakhe kuphela kodwa njengokuqashelwa kwezwi labantu bomdabu emhlabeni jikelele.^[10]

Ifilosofi

Umbono wakhe usekelwe ekumelaneni kwemvelo namasiko. Ngokufananisa nemijikelezo yemvelo, ugcizelela ukuthi ngemuva kokubhujiswa — njengomlilo wasendle — ukuvuselelwa kuza njalo ngokubuya kwemvula. Le filosofi iyisisekelo sendlela yakhe yokubuka imibhikisho yomphakathi kanye nokululama kwezulu.^[11]

Umthombo

[1] ttps://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/taily-terena-activist-global-citizen-prize-profile/

[2] ttps://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/breathe-thats-nature-within-you-interview-with-indigenous-activist-taily-terena/

[3] ttps://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/breathe-thats-nature-within-you-interview-with-indigenous-activist-taily-terena/

[4] ttps://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/breathe-thats-nature-within-you-interview-with-indigenous-activist-taily-terena/

[5] ttps://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/breathe-thats-nature-within-you-interview-with-indigenous-activist-taily-terena/

[6] ttps://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/taily-terena-activist-global-citizen-prize-profile/

[7] ttps://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/breathe-thats-nature-within-you-interview-with-indigenous-activist-taily-terena/

[8] ttps://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/breathe-thats-nature-within-you-interview-with-indigenous-activist-taily-terena/

[9] ttps://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/taily-terena-activist-global-citizen-prize-profile/

[10] ttps://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/taily-terena-activist-global-citizen-prize-profile/

[11] ttps://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/breathe-thats-nature-within-you-interview-with-indigenous-activist-taily-terena/

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