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Kitra Cahana: A glimpse of life on the road
Kitra Cahana: Kratak uvid u život na cesti
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Kao mlada djevojka, fotograf i novinar te TED Fellow Kitra Cahana sanjala je o bijegu od kuće kako bi živjela slobodno na cesti. Sada kao odrasli i samoproglašeni lutalica, ona slijedi moderne nomade u njihove domove — teretne vagone, autobusne stanice, parkirališta, toalete na odmorištima — dajući nam uvid u kulturu na marginama.
Kitra Cahana - Vagabond photojournalist + conceptual artist
Kitra Cahana is a Canadian photographer who blurs the line between anthropologist and journalist. Full bio
Kitra Cahana is a Canadian photographer who blurs the line between anthropologist and journalist. Full bio
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As a little girl, I always imagined
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Kao mala, uvijek sam zamišljala
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I would one day run away.
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da ću jednog dana pobjeći.
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From the age of six on,
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Od svoje šeste godine,
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I kept a packed bag with some clothes
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imala sam spreman ruksak s nešto odjeće
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and cans of food tucked away
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i spremljene konzerve hrane
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in the back of a closet.
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u svom ormaru.
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There was a deep restlessness in me,
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Postojao je duboki nemir u meni,
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a primal fear that I would fall prey
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iskonski strah da će me dohvatiti
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to a life of routine and boredom.
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život rutine i dosade.
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And so, many of my early memories involved
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I tako, mnoga moja rana sjećanja
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intricate daydreams where
I would walk across borders,
I would walk across borders,
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sadržavala su sanjarenja gdje bih
hodala preko granica,
hodala preko granica,
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forage for berries,
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skupljala bobice,
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and meet all kinds of strange people
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i susretala svakakve čudne ljude
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living unconventional lives on the road.
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koji žive svojim neuobičajenim
životima na cesti.
životima na cesti.
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Years have passed, but many of the adventures
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Godine su pošle, no puno avantura
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I fantasized about as a child --
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o kojima sam sanjala kao dijete --
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traveling and weaving my way
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putovanje i prolazak
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between worlds other than my own —
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kroz svijetove koji nisu moji —
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have become realities through my work
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postali su stvarnost kroz moj rad
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as a documentary photographer.
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kao dokumentarni fotograf.
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But no other experience has felt as true
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Ali nijedno iskustvo nije bilo tako blisko
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to my childhood dreams
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mojim dječjim snovima
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as living amongst and documenting the lives
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kao život među i dokumentiranje života
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of fellow wanderers across the United States.
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kolega lutalica kroz cijele
Sjedinjene Američke Države.
Sjedinjene Američke Države.
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This is the nomadic dream,
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Ovo je nomadski san,
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a different kind of American dream
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drugačija vrsta Američkog sna
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lived by young hobos, travelers,
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koju žive mlade skitnice, putnici,
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hitchhikers, vagrants and tramps.
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stoperi, probisvjeti i vucibatine.
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In most of our minds,
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U našim umovima,
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the vagabond is a creature from the past.
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lutalica je biće iz prošlosti.
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The word "hobo" conjures up an old
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Riječ "skitnica" priziva staru
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black and white image
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crno bijelu sliku
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of a weathered old man covered in coal,
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starijeg čovjeka pokrivenog ugljem,
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legs dangling out of a boxcar,
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dok mu noge vise iz teretnog vagona,
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but these photographs are in color,
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ali ove slike su u boji,
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and they portray a community
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i opisuju zajednicu
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swirling across the country,
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koja leprša zemljom,
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fiercely alive and creatively free,
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strahovito živa i kreativno slobodna,
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seeing sides of America that no one else
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gledajući stranu Amerike koju nitko drugi
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gets to see.
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ne vidi.
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Like their predecessors, today's nomads
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Kao i njihovi prethodnici, današnji nomadi
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travel the steel and asphalt arteries
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putuju čeličnim i asfaltnim arterijama
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of the United States.
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Sjedinjenih Američkih Država.
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By day, they hop freight trains,
stick out their thumbs,
stick out their thumbs,
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Po danu, skaču na teretne vagone,
izbaciju palac
izbaciju palac
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and ride the highways with anyone
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i voze se autocestama s bilo kim
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from truckers to soccer moms.
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od kamiondžija do kućanica.
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By night, they sleep beneath the stars,
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Po noći, spavaju pod zvijezdama,
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huddled together with their packs of dogs,
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skupljeni skupa sa svojim čoporima pasa,
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cats and pet rats between their bodies.
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mačaka i štakora ljubimaca između tijela.
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Some travelers take to the road by choice,
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Neki putnici su na cesti svojim izborom,
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renouncing materialism, traditional jobs
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odričući se materijalizma, tradicionalnih poslova
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and university degrees in exchange
for a glimmer of adventure.
for a glimmer of adventure.
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i diploma u zamjenu za
nagovještaj avanture.
nagovještaj avanture.
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Others come from the underbelly of society,
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Drugi dolaze iz podzemlja društva,
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never given a chance to mobilize upwards:
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nikad ne dobivši priliku
da krenu prema gore:
da krenu prema gore:
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foster care dropouts, teenage runaways escaping
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u bijegu od skrbnika, tinejdžeri koji bježe
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abuse and unforgiving homes.
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od zlostavljanja i
domova koji ne opraštaju.
domova koji ne opraštaju.
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Where others see stories of privation
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Gdje drugi vide priče o neimaštini
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and economic failure,
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i ekonomskom neuspjehu,
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travelers view their own existence
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putnici vide vlastito postojanje
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through the prism of liberation and freedom.
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kroz prizmu oslobođenja i slobode.
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They'd rather live off of the excess
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Rađe bi živjeli od viškova
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of what they view as a wasteful consumer society
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onoga što vide kao rastrošno društvo
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than slave away at an unrealistic chance
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nego robovali nerealističnoj šansi
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at the traditional American dream.
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tradicionalnog Američkog sna.
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They take advantage of the fact
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Iskorištavaju činjenicu
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that in the United States,
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da u SAD-u,
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up to 40 percent of all food ends up in the garbage
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do 40 posto sve hrane završi u smeću
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by scavenging for perfectly good produce
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prikupljajući savršeno dobre proizvode
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in dumpsters and trash cans.
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u kontejnerima i kantama za smeće.
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They sacrifice material comforts in exchange
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Žrtvuju materijalna dobra u zamjenu
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for the space and the time to explore
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za prostor i vrijeme da istraže
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a creative interior,
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kreativnu unutrašnjost,
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to dream, to read, to work on music, art and writing.
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da sanjare, čitaju, rade na glazbi, umjetnosti i pisanju.
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But there are many aspects to this life
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Ali postoji mnogo aspekata ovog života
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that are far from idyllic.
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koji su daleko od idiličnih.
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No one loses their inner demons
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Nitko ne gubi svoje unutarnje demone
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by taking to the road.
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kada ode na put.
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Addiction is real, the elements are real,
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Ovisnost je stvarna, elementi su stvarni,
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freight trains maim and kill,
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teretni vlakovi sakate i ubijaju,
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and anyone who has lived on the streets can attest
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i bilo tko tko je živio
na ulici može posvjedočiti
na ulici može posvjedočiti
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to the exhaustive list of laws
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podužoj listi zakona
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that criminalize homeless existence.
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koja kriminalizira život kao beskućnika.
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Who here knows that in many cities
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Tko zna da je u mnogim gradovima
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across the United States it is now illegal
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u Americi sada ilegalno
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to sit on the sidewalk,
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sjediti na pločniku,
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to wrap oneself in a blanket,
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omotati se u deku,
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to sleep in your own car,
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spavati u vlastitom autu,
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to offer food to a stranger?
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ponuditi hranu strancu?
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I know about these laws because I've watched
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Znam za te zakone jer sam gledala
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as friends and other travelers
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kako prijatelji i drugi putnici
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were hauled off to jail or received citations
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odlaze u zatvor ili dobivaju kazne
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for committing these so-called crimes.
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za počinjenje ovih, takozvanih, zločina.
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Many of you might be wondering why anyone
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Mnogi od vas se pitaju zašto bi itko
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would choose a life like this,
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odabrao ovakav život,
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under the thumb of discriminatory laws,
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pod tlakom diskriminirajućih zakona,
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eating out of trash cans,
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jedući iz kanta za smeće,
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sleeping under bridges,
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spavajući ispod mostova,
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picking up seasonal jobs here and there.
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radeći sezonske poslove tu i tamo.
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The answer to such a question is as varied
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Odgovor na to pitanje varira
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as the people that take to the road,
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kao i ljudi koji odlaze na cestu,
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but travelers often respond with a single word:
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ali putnici često odgovaraju jednom riječju:
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freedom.
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sloboda.
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Until we live in a society where every human
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Dok ne budemo živjeli u društvu gdje svaki čovjek
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is assured dignity in their labor
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ima osigurano dostojanstvo u radu
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so that they can work to live well,
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kako bi mogli raditi da žive dobro,
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not only work to survive,
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ne samo da bi radili da prežive,
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there will always be an element of those
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uvijek će postojati dio onih
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who seek the open road as a means of escape,
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koji će tražiti otvorenu cestu kao bijeg,
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of liberation and, of course, of rebellion.
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kao slobodu i naravno pobunu.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kitra Cahana - Vagabond photojournalist + conceptual artistKitra Cahana is a Canadian photographer who blurs the line between anthropologist and journalist.
Why you should listen
Kitra Cahana is a wanderer. The American-born photographer was raised in Canada and Sweden, with a father who worked as a rabbi and took his family along with him everywhere he traveled. Cahana's itinerant childhood is evident in her work, which has taken her to teenage "rainbow parties," Venezuelan spiritual rituals, Ukranian Ultra-Orthodox prayer sites, American boxcars and bus stops and many more places. The 2014 TED Fellow embeds herself in the societies she documents, playing the part of photojouralist as well as enthnographer.
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