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Cameron Sinclair: The refugees of boom-and-bust
Cameron Sinclair: O utečencoch vzniklých kolapsom ekonomických bublín.
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Na TEDGlobal nám Cameron Sinclair odhaľuje skrytú cenu realitných mega projektov: tisíce robotníkov ponechaných osudu a bez peňazí. Svojim kolegom architektom hovorí, že existuje iba jedna etická odozva.
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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Pred niekoľkými rokmi som mal poprvýkrát možnosť vidieť
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to the dark side of the construction industry.
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temnú stránky stavebného priemyslu.
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In 2006, young Qatari students
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V roku 2006 ma mladí katarskí študenti
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took me to go and see the migrant worker camps.
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vzali aby mi ukázali pracovné tábory imigrantov.
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And since then I've followed the unfolding issue of worker rights.
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A od tej doby som sledoval rozvíjajúcu sa otázku práva pracujúcich.
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In the last six months, more than 300 skyscrapers
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V posledných šiestich mesiacoch boli odložené alebo zrušené
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in the UAE have been put on hold or canceled.
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v Spojených Arabských Emirátoch (SAE) práce na viac než 300 mrakodrapoch.
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Behind the headlines that lay behind these buildings
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Za touto správou sa často skrýva
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is the fate of the often-indentured construction worker.
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osud stavebných robotníkov.
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1.1 million of them.
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1,1 milióna z nich.
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Mainly Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan
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Zväčša sú to Indovia, Pakistanci, Srí Lančania
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and Nepalese, these laborers risk everything
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a Nepálčania, ktorí riskovali všetko
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to make money for their families back home.
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aby zarobili nejaké peniaze pre ich rodiny doma.
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They pay a middle-man thousands of dollars to be there.
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Zaplatili tisíce dolárov sprostredkovateľom, aby sa tam dostali.
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And when they arrive, they find themselves in labor camps with no water,
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A keď sem prišli, dostali sa do pracovných táborov,
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no air conditioning, and their passports taken away.
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bez vody, klimatizácie a ostali bez svojich pasov.
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While it's easy to point the finger at local officials and higher authorities,
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I keď je jednoduché poukázať prstom na vládnych úradníkov a vyššie orgány,
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99 percent of these people are hired by the private sector,
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99 percent týchto ľudí sú najatých súkromným sektorom.
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and so therefore we're equally, if not more, accountable.
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A tak sme rovnako, ak nie viac za to zodpovedný.
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Groups like Buildsafe UAE have emerged,
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V SAE sa objavili rôzne skupiny zaoberajúce sa bezpečnosťou zamestnancov pri práci.
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but the numbers are simply overwhelming.
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Ale čísla sú napriek tomu jednoducho ohromujúce.
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In August 2008,
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V auguste 2008
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UAE public officials noted
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verejní činitelia SAE pripomenuli,
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that 40 percent of the country's 1,098 labor camps
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že v 40% z 1098 pracovných táborov porušili
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had violated minimum health and fire safety regulations.
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minimálne zdravotné a požiarno bezpečnostné predpisy.
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And last summer, more than 10,000 workers
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A vlani v lete, viac ako 10 000 zamestnancov
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protested for the non-payment of wages,
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protestovalo pre nevyplácanie mzdí,
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for the poor quality of food, and inadequate housing.
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pre zlú kvalitu jedla a pre neadekvátne ubytovanie.
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And then the financial collapse happened.
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A potom prišiel finančný kolaps.
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When the contractors have gone bust,
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Keď dodávateľom ubudli financie,
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as they've been overleveraged like everyone else,
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a zostali zadlžený ako každý iný,
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the difference is everything goes missing,
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odpoveď na seba nenechala čakať.
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documentation, passports,
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Dokumentácia, pasy
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and tickets home for these workers.
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a letenky domov pre týchto robotníkov zmizli.
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Currently, right now, thousands of workers are abandoned.
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V súčasnej dobe sú opustených tisíce robotníkov.
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There is no way back home.
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Neexistuje žiadna cesta domov.
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And there is no way, and no proof of arrival.
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Žiadna cesta, a žiadny dôkaz o ich príchode.
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These are the boom-and-bust refugees.
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Sú to utečenci vznikli prasknutím bubliny v stavebnom sektore.
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The question is, as a building professional,
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Otázkou je, či ako stavebný profesionál,
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as an architect, an engineer, as a developer,
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architekt, inžinier, alebo developer,
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if you know this is going on,
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ak viete, čo sa deje, či ste spokojný
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as we go to the sights every single week,
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s danou situaciu
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are you complacent or complicit
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alebo ste spoluvinný
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in the human rights violations?
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z porušovania ľudských práv?
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So let's forget your environmental footprint.
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Takže zabudnime na našu ekologickú stopu.
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Let's think about your ethical footprint.
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A poďme premýšlať o svojej etickej stope.
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What good is it
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K čomu je dobré
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to build a zero-carbon, energy efficient complex,
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stavať bez-uhlíkové, energeticky šetrné stavby,
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when the labor producing this architectural gem
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ak pracovníci stávajúci tieto architektonické skvosty nepracujú
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is unethical at best?
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v eticky najlepšom prostredí?
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Now, recently I've been told I've been taking the high road.
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Nedávno mi bolo povedané, aby som sa nad to povzniesol.
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But, quite frankly, on this issue,
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Ale, úprimne povedané, pri tejto zaležitosti,
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there is no other road.
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to jednoducho nejde.
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So let's not forget who is really paying the price of this financial collapse.
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Takže nezabudnime, kto v skutočnosti platí za tento finančný kolaps.
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And that as we worry about our next job in the office,
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A keď sa nabudúce budete v kancelárii strachovať vašej ďalšej prace,
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the next design that we can get, to keep our workers.
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úkolu, ktorý môžete dostať, tak
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Let's not forget these men, who are truly dying to work.
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nezabúdajte, že tam niekde sú ľudia, ktorí chcú nesmierne pracovať.
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Thank you.
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Ďakujem
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(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
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