Elizabeth Lindsey: Curating humanity's heritage

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As a child,

Kao dijete,

I was raised by native Hawaiian elders --

odgojena sam od strane havajskih starješina --

three old women

tri stare žene

who took care of me while my parents worked.

koje su se brinule za mene dok su moji roditelji radili.

The year is 1963.

Godina je 1963.

We're at the ocean.

Mi smo u oceanu,

It's twilight.

to je sumrak.

We're watching the rising of the stars

Mi gledamo dizanje zvijezda

and the shifting of the tides.

i pomicanje morske mijene.

It's a stretch of beach we know so well.

To su dugačke plaže koje znamo tako dobro.

The smooth stones on the sand

Glatko kamenje na pijesku

are familiar to us.

nam je poznato.

If you saw these women on the street

Ako ste vidjeli ove žene na ulici

in their faded clothes,

u svojoj izblijedjeloj odjeći,

you might dismiss them

možete ih odbaciti

as poor and simple.

kao siromašne i jednostavne.

That would be a mistake.

To bi bilo pogrešno.

These women are descendants

Te žene su potomci

of Polynesian navigators,

polinezijskih moreplovaca,

trained in the old ways

obučene na stari način

by their elders,

od njihovih starijih.

and now they're passing it on to me.

I sada one to prenose na mene.

They teach me the names of the winds and the rains,

Uče me imena vjetrova i kiša --

of astronomy according to a genealogy of stars.

astronomije prema genealogiji zvijezda.

There's a new moon on the horizon.

Tu je novi mjesec na horizontu.

Hawaiians say it's a good night for fishing.

Havajci će reći kako je dobra noć za ribolov.

They begin to chant.

Oni počinju pjevati.

[Hawaiian chant]

[Havajski pjev]

When they finish,

Kada završe,

they sit in a circle

sjednu u krug

and ask me to come to join them.

i traže od mene da dođem i da im se pridružim.

They want to teach me about my destiny.

Oni me žele naučiti o mojoj sudbini.

I thought every seven-year-old went through this.

Mislila sam kako je svaka sedmogodišnjakinja prošla kroz to.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

"Baby girl,

"Curice,

someday the world will be in trouble.

jednog dana svijet će biti u nevolji.

People will forget their wisdom.

Ljudi će zaboraviti svoju mudrost.

It will take elders' voices

Uzeti će glasove starijih

from the far corners of the world

iz dalekih krajeva svijeta

to call the world into balance.

kako bi vratili svijet u ravnotežu.

You will go far away.

Vi ćete otići daleko.

It will sometimes be a lonely road.

Ponekad će to biti osamljen put.

We will not be there.

Mi nećemo biti tamo.

But you will look into the eyes

Ali vi ćete gledati u oči

of seeming strangers,

tobožnjim strancima,

and you will recognize your ohana,

i prepoznati ćete svoju obitelj,

your family.

svoju obitelj.

And it will take all of you.

I to će uzeti sve vas.

It will take all of you."

To će uzeti sve vas."

These words, I hold onto

Tih se riječi, držim

all my life.

cijeli život.

Because the idea of doing it alone

Budući da me ideja da to radim sama

terrifies me.

užasava.

The year is 2007.

Godina je 2007.

I'm on a remote island in Micronesia.

Ja sam na udaljenom otoku u Mikroneziji.

Satawal is one half-mile long

Satawal je kilometar dug

by one mile wide.

i oko dva širok.

It's the home of my mentor.

To je dom mog mentora.

His name is Pius Mau Piailug.

Njegovo ime je Pio Piailug.

Mau is a palu,

Mau je Palu,

a navigator priest.

moreplovac svećenik.

He's also considered

Njega smatraju

the greatest wave finder in the world.

najvećim tragačem valova na svijetu.

There are fewer than a handful

Postoji samo šaćica

of palu left on this island.

palua koji su ostali na ovom otoku.

Their tradition is so extraordinary

Njihova tradicija je tako izvanredna

that these mariners sailed

da su ti mornari plovili

three million square miles across the Pacific

7,77 milijuna kvadratnih kilometara preko Tihog oceana

without the use of instruments.

bez upotrebe instrumenata.

They could synthesize patterns in nature

Mogli su sintetizirati uzorak u prirodi

using the rising and setting of stars,

koristeći izlaske i zalaske zvijezda,

the sequence and direction of waves,

redoslijed i smjer valova,

the flight patterns of certain birds.

obrasce letova određenih ptica.

Even the slightest hint of color

Čak i najmanji nagovještaj boje

on the underbelly of a cloud

na trbuhu oblaka

would inform them

će ih obavijestiti

and help them navigate with the keenest accuracy.

i pomoći im u navigaciji najveće točnosti.

When Western scientists would join Mau on the canoe

Kada bi se zapadni znanstvenici mogli pridružiti Mau u kanuu

and watch him go into the hull,

i gledali ga dok odlazi u brodsko korito

it appeared that an old man

činilo bi se kako starac

was going to rest.

ide na odmor.

In fact, the hull of the canoe

U stvari, korito kanua

is the womb of the vessel.

je utroba plovila.

It is the most accurate place

To je najtočnije mjesto

to feel the rhythm and sequence

da se osjećaju ritam i slijed

and direction of waves.

i smjer valova.

Mau was, in fact,

Mau je, u stvari,

gathering explicit data

prikupljao eksplicitne podatke

using his entire body.

koristeći svoje cijelo tijelo.

It's what he had been trained to do

To je ono što je istreniran da napravi

since he was five years old.

od svoje pete godine.

Now science may dismiss this methodology,

Znanost može odbaciti ovu metodologiju,

but Polynesian navigators use it today

ali polinezijski moreplovci ju koriste i danas

because it provides them

jer im pruža

an accurate determination

precizno određivanje

of the angle and direction

kuta i smjera

of their vessel.

njihovog plovila.

The palu also had

Palu je također imao

an uncanny ability

jezovitu sposobnost

to forecast weather conditions

prognozirati vremenske prilike

days in advance.

danima unaprijed.

Sometimes I'd be with Mau on a cloud-covered night

Ponekad bih bila s Mauom tijekom oblacima pokrivene noći

and we'd sit at the easternmost coast of the island,

i mi bi sjedili na najistočnoj obali otoka,

and he would look out,

a on bi pogledao u daljinu.

and then he would say,

I onda bi rekao,

"Okay, we go."

"U redu, idemo."

He saw that first glint of light --

On je vidio taj prvi bljesak svjetlosti --

he knew what the weather was going to be three days from now.

i znao je kakvo će vrijeme biti u iduća tri dana.

Their achievements, intellectually and scientifically,

Njihova postignuća, intelektualno i znanstveno,

are extraordinary,

su izvanredna,

and they are so relevant

i ona su tako relevantna

for these times that we are in

za ova vremena u kojima živimo

when we are riding out storms.

kada izlazimo iz oluje.

We are in such a critical moment

Mi smo u tako kritičnom trenutku

of our collective history.

naše kolektivne povijesti.

They have been compared

Usporedili smo ih

to astronauts --

s astronautima --

these elder navigators

te starije nautičare

who sail vast open oceans

koji plove ogromnim otvorenim oceanima

in double-hulled canoes

u kanuima s dvostrukim trupom

thousands of miles

tisućama kilometara

from a small island.

od malog otoka.

Their canoes, our rockets;

Njihovi kanui, naše rakete,

their sea, our space.

njihovo more, naš svemir.

The wisdom of these elders

Mudrost tih starijih

is not a mere collection

nije samo kolekcija

of stories about old people

priča o starim ljudima

in some remote spot.

u nekom udaljenom mjestu.

This is part of our collective narrative.

To je dio naše kolektivne priče.

It's humanity's DNA.

To je DNK čovječanstva.

We cannot afford to lose it.

Ne možemo si priuštiti da ga izgubimo.

The year is 2010.

Godina je 2010.

Just as the women in Hawaii

Baš kao što su žene na Havajima

that raised me predicted,

koje su me odgojile, predvidjele,

the world is in trouble.

svijet je u nevolji.

We live in a society

Živimo u društvu

bloated with data,

zatrpanom podacima,

yet starved for wisdom.

a gladnom mudrosti.

We're connected 24/7,

Mi smo povezani 24/7,

yet anxiety,

ali anksioznost,

fear, depression and loneliness

strah, depresija i osamljenost

is at an all-time high.

su na najvišoj razini u povijesti.

We must course-correct.

Moramo ispraviti kurs.

An African shaman said,

Jedan afrički šaman je rekao,

"Your society worships the jester

"Vaše društvo veliča ludu

while the king stands

dok kralj stoji

in plain clothes."

u običnoj odjeći."

The link between the past and the future

Veza između prošlosti i budućnosti

is fragile.

je krhka.

This I know intimately,

To znam intimno,

because even as I travel

jer čak i kada putujem

throughout the world

po cijelom svijetu

to listen to these stories and record them,

kako bih slušala te priče i zapisivala ih,

I struggle.

borim se.

I am haunted

Ja sam ukleta

by the fact that I no longer remember

činjenicom da se više ne sjećam

the names of the winds and the rains.

imena vjetrova i kiša.

Mau passed away

Mau je preminuo

five months ago,

prije pet mjeseci,

but his legacy and lessons live on.

ali njegova ostavština i učenje će živjeti.

And I am reminded

A ja se podsjećam

that throughout the world

kako širom svijeta

there are cultures

postoje kulture

with vast sums of knowledge in them,

s ogromnim količinama znanja,

as potent as the Micronesian navigators,

toliko moćne kao mikronezijski moreplovci,

that are going dismissed,

koje odbacujemo,

that this is a testament

a to je dokaz

to brilliant, brilliant

briljantne, briljantne

technology and science and wisdom

tehnologije i znanosti i mudrosti

that is vanishing rapidly.

koja nestaje brzo.

Because when an elder dies a library is burned,

Jer kad starac umre knjižnica je spaljena.

and throughout the world, libraries are ablaze.

A u cijelom svijetu, knjižnice su u plamenu.

I am grateful for the fact

Zahvalna sam za činjenicu

that I had a mentor like Mau

da sam imala mentora poput Maua

who taught me how to navigate.

koji me učio kako ploviti.

And I realize

A ja sam shvatila

through a lesson that he shared

kroz znanje koje je dijelio

that we continue to find our way.

da ćemo i dalje pronalaziti put.

And this is what he said:

A ovo je ono što je on rekao:

"The island is the canoe;

"Otok je kanu;

the canoe, the island."

kanu, otok."

And what he meant was,

A mislio je,

if you are voyaging

ako putujete

and far from home,

i daleko ste od kuće,

your very survival depends

vaš opstanak zavisi

on everyone aboard.

o svima na brodu.

You cannot make the voyage alone,

Ne možete putovati sami,

you were never meant to.

nikada niste ni trebali.

This whole notion of every man for himself

Cijela ta ideja svakog čovjeka za sebe

is completely unsustainable.

je potpuno neodrživa.

It always was.

Uvijek je bila.

So in closing I would offer you this:

Završila bih nudeći vam ovo:

The planet is our canoe,

Planet je naš kanu,

and we are the voyagers.

i mi smo Putnici.

True navigation

Prava plovidba

begins in the human heart.

počinje u ljudskom srcu.

It's the most important map of all.

To je najvažnija od svih karata.

Together, may we journey well.

Zajedno, možemo putovati dobro.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)