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Cameron Sinclair: The refugees of boom-and-bust
Cameron Sinclair: Izbjeglice ekonomskog rasta i pada
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Na TEDGlobal U, Cameron Sinclair pokazuje tajne troškove nekretninskih megaprojekata koji su propali: tisuće građevinskih migranata su ostavljeni bespomoćni i osiromašeni. Svojim kolegama arhitektima poručuje, postoji samo jedan etičan odgovor.
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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Prije nekoliko godina otvorile su mi se oči
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to the dark side of the construction industry.
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i vidio sam tamnu stranu građevinske industrije.
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In 2006, young Qatari students
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2006., mladi studenti iz Katara
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took me to go and see the migrant worker camps.
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poveli su me da vidim kampove radnika, migranata.
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And since then I've followed the unfolding issue of worker rights.
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I od tada pratim rastuće probleme radničkih prava.
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In the last six months, more than 300 skyscrapers
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U posljednjih šest mjeseci, gradnja više od 300 nebodera
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in the UAE have been put on hold or canceled.
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u UAE je stavljena na čekanje ili otkazana.
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Behind the headlines that lay behind these buildings
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Iza naslovnih stranica koje leže iza tih zgrada
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is the fate of the often-indentured construction worker.
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je sudbina često obespravljenih građevinskih radnika.
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1.1 million of them.
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Njih 1.1 milijun.
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Mainly Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan
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Uglavnom Indijaca, Pakistanaca, Šri Lankanaca,
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and Nepalese, these laborers risk everything
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i Nepalaca. Ti radnici riskiraju sve
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to make money for their families back home.
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kako bi zaradili novac za svoje obitelji u domovini.
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They pay a middle-man thousands of dollars to be there.
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Oni plaćaju posredniku tisuće dolara kako bi bili tamo.
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And when they arrive, they find themselves in labor camps with no water,
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I kada stignu, ostave ih u radničkim kampovima bez vode,
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no air conditioning, and their passports taken away.
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bez klime, i oduzetih putovnica.
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While it's easy to point the finger at local officials and higher authorities,
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Dok je jednostavno uprijeti prstom u lokalne službenike i više vlasti,
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99 percent of these people are hired by the private sector,
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99 posto tih radnika je unajmljeno od strane privatnog sektora.
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and so therefore we're equally, if not more, accountable.
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I tako smo mi jednako, ako ne više, odgovorni.
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Groups like Buildsafe UAE have emerged,
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Grupe poput Buildsafe UAE su nastale.
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but the numbers are simply overwhelming.
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Ali su brojke jednostavno presnažne.
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In August 2008,
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U kolovozu 2008.,
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UAE public officials noted
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javni službenici UAE su zapazili
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that 40 percent of the country's 1,098 labor camps
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kako je 40 posto od svih 1.098 kampova
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had violated minimum health and fire safety regulations.
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prekršilo minimum zdravstvenih i vatrogasnih regulatornih standarda.
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And last summer, more than 10,000 workers
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A prošlog ljeta, više od 10.000 radnika
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protested for the non-payment of wages,
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protestiralo je zbog neisplaćenih nadnica,
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for the poor quality of food, and inadequate housing.
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zbog loše kvalitete hrane i neadekvatnog stanovanja.
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And then the financial collapse happened.
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I onda se dogodio financijski kolaps.
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When the contractors have gone bust,
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I kada su ugovarači propali,
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as they've been overleveraged like everyone else,
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kako su i oni bili prezaduženi poput ostalih,
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the difference is everything goes missing,
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razlika je u tome što je kod njih sve nestalo,
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documentation, passports,
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dokumentacija, putovnice,
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and tickets home for these workers.
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i karte za povratak za te radnike.
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Currently, right now, thousands of workers are abandoned.
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Trenutačno, upravo sada, tisuće radnika je napušteno.
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There is no way back home.
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Ne postoji način da se vrate kući.
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And there is no way, and no proof of arrival.
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I ne postoji način, i nema dokaza da su stigli.
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These are the boom-and-bust refugees.
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To su izbjeglice ekonomskog rasta i pada.
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The question is, as a building professional,
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Pitanje je, kao građevinski profesionalac,
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as an architect, an engineer, as a developer,
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kao arhitekt, inžinjer, čovjek koji se bavi razvojem,
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if you know this is going on,
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ako znate da se to događa,
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as we go to the sights every single week,
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dok idemo na gradilišta svaki tjedan,
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are you complacent or complicit
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jeste li spokojni ili zabrinuti
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in the human rights violations?
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zbog kršenja ljudskih prava?
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So let's forget your environmental footprint.
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Zaboravimo vaš okolišni otisak.
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Let's think about your ethical footprint.
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Razmislimo o vašem etičkom otisku.
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What good is it
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Kakva je korist
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to build a zero-carbon, energy efficient complex,
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od izgradnje nezagađujućih, energetski učinkovitih kompleksa,
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when the labor producing this architectural gem
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kada se radnici koji ih grade tretiraju
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is unethical at best?
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neetično?
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Now, recently I've been told I've been taking the high road.
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Nedavno su mi rekli kako ne hvatam prečace.
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But, quite frankly, on this issue,
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Ali, iskreno, za ovo pitanje
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there is no other road.
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ne postoji drugi put.
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So let's not forget who is really paying the price of this financial collapse.
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Ne zaboravimo tko stvarno plaća cijenu za ovaj financijski kolaps.
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And that as we worry about our next job in the office,
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I dok se mi brinemo o slijedećem poslu u uredu,
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the next design that we can get, to keep our workers.
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novom dizajnu kojeg možemo uzeti, kako bi zadržali naše radnike.
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Let's not forget these men, who are truly dying to work.
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Nemojmo zaboraviti te ljude, koji stvarno umiru da bi radili.
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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
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