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Cameron Sinclair: The refugees of boom-and-bust
Cameron Sinclair: Flyktningene av finanskrisen.
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Ved TEDGlobal U, viser Cameron Sinclair oss de urapporterte kostnadene i eiendomsmarkedets megaprosjekter som gikk under: Tusenvis av fremmedarbeidere innen bygg og anlegg ble forlatt, pengelens. Til sine medarkitekter, sier han at det kun er én etisk reaksjon.
Cameron Sinclair - Co-founder, Architecture for Humanity
2006 TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair is co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that seeks architecture solutions to global crises -- and acts as a conduit between the design community and the world's humanitarian needs. Full bio
2006 TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair is co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that seeks architecture solutions to global crises -- and acts as a conduit between the design community and the world's humanitarian needs. Full bio
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A few years ago, my eyes were opened
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For noen år siden fikk jeg øynene opp
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to the dark side of the construction industry.
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for den mørke siden av anleggsindustrien.
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In 2006, young Qatari students
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I 2006; tok unge Qatarske studenter
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took me to go and see the migrant worker camps.
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meg med for å se på arbeidsleirer for fremmedarbeidere.
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And since then I've followed the unfolding issue of worker rights.
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Og siden har jeg fulgt utfoldelsen av arbeidsrettigheter.
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In the last six months, more than 300 skyscrapers
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I de siste seks månedene, har mer enn 300 skyskrapere
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in the UAE have been put on hold or canceled.
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i de Forente Arabiske Emirater blitt satt på vent eller avbrutt.
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Behind the headlines that lay behind these buildings
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Bak overskriftene som skrives om disse bygningene
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is the fate of the often-indentured construction worker.
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er skjebnen til anleggsarbeidere på tilnærmet slavekontrakter.
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1.1 million of them.
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1.1 millioner av dem.
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Mainly Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan
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Hovedsakelig indere, pakistanere, folk fra Sri Lanka,
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and Nepalese, these laborers risk everything
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og nepalesere, disse arbeiderne risikerer alt
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to make money for their families back home.
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for å tjene penger til sine familier hjemme.
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They pay a middle-man thousands of dollars to be there.
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De betaler en mellommann tusenvis av dollar for å være der.
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And when they arrive, they find themselves in labor camps with no water,
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Og når de ankommer, finner de seg selv i arbeidsleirer uten vann,
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no air conditioning, and their passports taken away.
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uten klimaanlegg, og de blir fratatt sine pass.
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While it's easy to point the finger at local officials and higher authorities,
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Selv om det er lett å peke fingeren på lokale myndigheter og styresmakter,
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99 percent of these people are hired by the private sector,
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er 99 prosent av disse menneskene leid inn av den private sektoren.
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and so therefore we're equally, if not more, accountable.
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Derfor er vi like mye, om ikke mer, ansvarlig.
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Groups like Buildsafe UAE have emerged,
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Grupper som Buildsafe UAE har oppstått.
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but the numbers are simply overwhelming.
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Men antallet er simpelthen overveldende.
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In August 2008,
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I august 2008
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UAE public officials noted
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rapportere ledere i UAE
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that 40 percent of the country's 1,098 labor camps
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at 40 prosent av landets 1098 arbeidsleire
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had violated minimum health and fire safety regulations.
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hadde brutt minstekravene for helse og brannsikkerhet.
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And last summer, more than 10,000 workers
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Og sist sommer hadde mer enn 10 000 arbeidere
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protested for the non-payment of wages,
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protestert på manglende utbetaling av lønn,
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for the poor quality of food, and inadequate housing.
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den dårlige matkvaliteten, og utilstrekkelig bebyggelse.
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And then the financial collapse happened.
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Og så kom finanskrisen.
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When the contractors have gone bust,
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Når oppdragsgiverne gikk konkurs,
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as they've been overleveraged like everyone else,
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ettersom de hadde store lån slik som alle andre,
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the difference is everything goes missing,
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er forskjellen at alt forsvinner,
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documentation, passports,
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dokumentasjon, pass,
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and tickets home for these workers.
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og billetter hjem for disse arbeiderne.
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Currently, right now, thousands of workers are abandoned.
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Akkurat nå, er tusenvis av arbeidere forlatt.
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There is no way back home.
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Det er ingen muligheter til å dra hjem.
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And there is no way, and no proof of arrival.
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Og det er ingen muligheter, og ingen bevis på innreise.
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These are the boom-and-bust refugees.
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Dette er flyktningene av finanskrisen.
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The question is, as a building professional,
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Spørsmålet en må stille som anleggsarbeider,
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as an architect, an engineer, as a developer,
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som en arkitekt, ingeniør, utvikler,
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if you know this is going on,
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hvis du vet at dette pågår,
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as we go to the sights every single week,
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mens vi drar til byggeplassene hver eneste uke,
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are you complacent or complicit
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er hvorvidt du er tilfreds eller indirekte tar del
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in the human rights violations?
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i bruddene på menneskerettighetene?
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So let's forget your environmental footprint.
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Så la oss glemme det økologiske fotavtrykket.
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Let's think about your ethical footprint.
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La oss tenke på ditt etiske fotavtrykk.
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What good is it
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Hva hjelper det
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to build a zero-carbon, energy efficient complex,
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å bygge nullutslipps, energieffektive komplekser,
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when the labor producing this architectural gem
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når arbeidskraften bak denne arkitektoniske perlen
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is unethical at best?
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på sitt beste er uetisk?
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Now, recently I've been told I've been taking the high road.
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Nylig har jeg blitt fortalt at jeg har tatt et moralsk valg.
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But, quite frankly, on this issue,
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Men ærlig talt, på dette spørsmålet,
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there is no other road.
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så er det ingen andre valg.
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So let's not forget who is really paying the price of this financial collapse.
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Så la oss ikke glemme hvem som virkelig må betale for finanskrisen.
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And that as we worry about our next job in the office,
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Og mens vi bekymrer oss for det neste prosjektet på kontoret,
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the next design that we can get, to keep our workers.
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det neste designet vi kan få, for å holde på våre arbeidere.
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Let's not forget these men, who are truly dying to work.
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La oss ikke glemme disse menneskene, som virkelig dør for arbeide.
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Thank you.
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Takk.
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(Applause)
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(Applaus)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cameron Sinclair - Co-founder, Architecture for Humanity2006 TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair is co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that seeks architecture solutions to global crises -- and acts as a conduit between the design community and the world's humanitarian needs.
Why you should listen
After training as an architect, Cameron Sinclair (then age 24) joined Kate Stohr to found Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that helps architects apply their skills to humanitarian efforts. Starting with just $700 and a simple web site in 1999, AFH has grown into an international hub for humanitarian design, offering innovative solutions to housing problems in all corners of the globe.
Whether rebuilding earthquake-ravaged Bam in Iran, designing a soccer field doubling as an HIV/AIDS clinic in Africa, housing refugees on the Afghan border, or helping Katrina victims rebuild, Architecture for Humanity works by Sinclair's mantra: "Design like you give a damn." (Sinclair and Stohr cowrote a book by the same name, released in 2006.)
A regular contributor to the sustainability blog Worldchanging.com, Sinclair is now working on the Open Architecture Network, born from the wish he made when he accepted the 2006 TED Prize: to build a global, open-source network where architects, governments and NGOs can share and implement design plans to house the world.
Cameron Sinclair | Speaker | TED.com