{"id":57,"date":"2008-02-07T14:02:43","date_gmt":"2008-02-07T18:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/digitalnatives\/2008\/02\/07\/a-song-for-the-world-to-see-di"},"modified":"2008-02-07T14:02:44","modified_gmt":"2008-02-07T18:02:44","slug":"a-song-for-the-world-to-see-digital-creators-in-van-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/digitalnatives\/2008\/02\/07\/a-song-for-the-world-to-see-digital-creators-in-van-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"A song for the world to see: Digital Creators in Van, Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"

What do you do when you want to learn to play an instrument, but your school music room doesn’t have the funds to buy them? Well, if you’re a digital native, the answer is easy: make a creative plea on YouTube.<\/p>\n

Yusuf and Batuhan, two boys from Van<\/a>, an rural part of Turkey, wanted to raise funds to improve the music room at their school. And so, they decided to ask using the instruments they had – one desk and two voices – and post their song to YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not only are Yusef and Batuhan talented musicians, but they’re also two very smart kids. In effort to get as much attention as possible, they decided to rap and drum – surprising the country at what two rural Van boys can do (it would be ordinary to see boys from Istanbul doing such a performance). Not only do Yusef and Batuhan rap and drum, and do it well, but they rap about math!<\/p>\n

The math song video made these two Van boys so famous, they were invited to appear on a program with a famous Turkish TV host<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In this video Batuhan and Yusef perform an anti-drinking and anti-smoking song. At the end, one of the boys makes a (very) public plea to his father to quit smoking two packs of cigarettes a day, and they top it all off by a request for musical instruments for their school.<\/p>\n

Yusef and Batuhan, two digital natives from rural Turkey, show us the power of growing up in a world with lowered barriers to creativity and participation, and with a different understanding of one’s relationship in and to the world . Batuhan and Yusef have a voice they know will be heard – and they take full advantage of this.<\/p>\n

Want to raise money for your school? Do something creative and unique, post it for the world to see, and find yourself on TV.<\/p>\n

(thanks to Zeynep Ton and Karim Lakhani for their help on this one!)<\/p>\n

<\/span>– Miriam Simun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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