The awful logic of land mines -- and an app that helps people avoid them | Carlos Bautista

Prevodilac: Mirjana Čutura Lektor: Tijana Mihajlović

When you walk around the place where you live,

Kada šetate mestom u kojem živite,

most of the times,

uglavnom se osećate sigurno i ugodno, zar ne?

you feel pretty safe and comfortable, right?

Now imagine if there were land mines

A sada zamislite da su nagazne mine

buried right here,

zakopane baš ovde

scattered around,

i razbacane naokolo,

and you'd never know when you might step on one.

a da ne možete znati kada možete nagaziti na jednu od njih.

That's how it is for many in my home country, Colombia.

To je stvarnost za mnoge ljude u mojoj otadžbini, Kolumbiji.

As a result of a 50-year internal armed conflict,

Kao posledicu pedesetogodišnjeg unutrašnjeg oružanog sukoba,

we have an undetermined number of land mines

imamo neodređen broj nagaznih mina

buried throughout the countryside,

zakopanih širom seoskih predela

affecting more than one third of the Colombian population.

koje utiču na više od trećine stanovništva Kolumbije.

These anti-personnel mines

Ove protivpešadijske mine

are designed to maim, not to kill their targets.

su napravljene da osakate, a ne da ubiju svoje mete.

The logic behind this, which is awful,

Logika iza ovoga, koja je strašna,

is that more resources are taken up caring for an injured soldier

jeste da je potrebno više sredstava da se brine o povređenom vojniku

than dealing with a person who has been killed.

nego o osobi koja je ubijena.

I met Adriana Rodriguez about five years ago

Upoznao sam Adrijanu Rodrigez pre oko pet godina

while I was working for the Colombian government

dok sam radio za kolumbijsku vladu

as a documentary filmmaker.

kao režiser dokumentarnih filmova.

During the conflict,

Za vreme sukoba

she was forced to leave her house ...

bila je primorana da napusti svoju kuću

with her kids in her arms.

sa decom u naručju.

One day, one of her neighbors was killed

Jednog dana njen komšija je bio ubijen

while he stepped on a land mine.

kada je stao na nagaznu minu.

He was actually inside an abandoned house, not outside,

Bio je, u stvari, u napuštenoj kući, ne izvan nje,

a house exactly like the one Adriana was forced to leave.

u kući nalik onoj koju je Adrijana bila primorana da napusti.

Ever since, she has been living with the fear that she, or her children,

Od tada živi u strahu da bi ona ili njena deca

might step on a land mine.

mogli stati na nagaznu minu.

You know, the Colombian conflict has been running for so long

Vidite, sukob u Kolumbiji traje toliko dugo

that neither me nor my mom have seen our country in peace,

da ni ja ni moja mama nismo videli našu državu u miru,

and for someone like me,

a za nekog kao što sam ja,

who has been living detached from all this suffering,

osobe koji živi odvojena od svih ovih patnji,

there was only two options:

postajala su samo dva izbora:

either I get used to it,

da se naviknem na to

or I can try to change it with all my heart.

ili da svim srcem pokušam da to promenim.

And I have to admit that for almost 30 years,

Znate, moram da priznam da sam se skoro trideset godina

I was getting used to it, you know?

privikavao na to.

But something changed for me when I met my wife.

Međutim, nešto se promenilo kada sam upoznao svoju suprugu.

She is a political scientist

Ona se bavi političkim naukama

completely passionate about the Colombian armed conflict.

i potpuno je ostrašćena po pitanju oružanog sukoba u Kolumbiji.

She helped me to understand

Pomogla mi je da razumem

how deeply our country has been affected by land mines and by war.

koliko je jako naša država pogođena nagaznim minama i ratom.

We decided to come here to the United States

Odlučili smo da dođemo ovde, u Sjedinjene Države,

in search of new skills

u potrazi za novim veštinama

that would enable us to contribute in a fair way to our society,

koje bi nam omogućile da na pravičan način doprinesemo našem društvu

and maybe even help heal it.

i da čak možda pomognemo da se izleči.

While in grad school,

Dok sam studirao počeo sam da razvijam

I started developing

an augmented reality, really broad application

aplikaciju proširene stvarnosti sa širokom lepezom primene

to help military personnel to deactivate land mines more safely.

da bih pomogao vojnom osoblju da bezbednije deaktivira nagazne mine.

During that time, I also realized

Tada sam, takođe, shvatio

that Colombia is not the only country in the world

da Kolumbija nije jedina država na svetu koja mora da brine o nagaznim minama.

that has to worry about land mines.

In fact, more than 58 countries

U stvari, više od 58 država

are still contaminated with any sort of explosive device.

je i dalje kontaminirano raznim vrstama eksplozivnih naprava.

Only in 2015, due to an escalation of war

Samo 2015. godine zbog eskalacije rata

in countries like Libya, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen,

u državama kao što su Libija, Sirija, Ukrajina i Jemen,

the number of [land mine casualties] almost doubled,

broj poginulih zbog nagaznih mina se skoro udvostručio -

from 3,695 to 6,461 people.

sa 3 695 na 6 461 ljudi.

Imagine that.

Prosto neverovatno.

While some countries are trying to get rid of land mines,

Dok neke države pokušavaju da se reše nagaznih mina,

some others are increasing their use.

druge povećavaju njihovu upotrebu.

But what happens when a conflict that involved land mines

Međutim, šta se dešava kada se sukob koji je koristio nagazne mine okonča?

comes to an end?

There are two consequences.

Postoje dve posledice.

On the one hand,

Sa jedne strane,

the internally displaced population will start returning to their lands,

raseljeno stanovništvo će početi da se vraća na svoju zemlju,

and on the other hand,

a sa druge strane,

hidden land mines are going to start exploding more often

skrivene nagazne mine će početi da eksplodiraju sve češće

on the civilian side.

na civilnoj strani.

That's the reason why I decided to join

To je razlog zbog kojeg sam odlučio da se pridružim

the Computer Science Department at NYU,

Odseku za kompjuterske nauke na Njujorškom univerzitetu

along with Professor Claudio Silva

zajedno sa profesorom Klaudijem Silvom

to start to develop an app called MineSafe.

da započnem razvoj aplikacije pod nazivom „Minska bezbednost“.

MineSafe uses information from the community

„Minska bezbednost“ koristi podatke iz zajednice

to suggest paths that have been declared as the most transited

da predloži staze koje su proglašene kao najčešće korišćene

without accident or incident caused by a land mine.

bez nesreće ili nezgode prouzrokovane nagaznom minom.

These traffic patterns can also be used to determine

Ovi obrasci putovanja se, takođe, mogu koristiti da se odrede

the top priority zones to be de-mined.

najvažnije zone za uklanjanje mina.

Almost 15 million people are living now in the countryside of Colombia.

Skoro 15 miliona ljudi sada živi u seoskim predelima u Kolumbiji.

Imagine, for a moment, if we can crowdsource information from all of them

Zamislite, na trenutak,

kako bi bilo kada bismo mogli prikupiti informacije od svih njih

to help people like Adriana and her children

da pomognemo ljudima kao što su Adrijana i njena deca

to find safe and reliable paths.

da nađu bezbedne i pouzdane staze.

This information can not only be used for that.

Ova informacija se može koristiti ne samo za to,

This information can also help them to become more productive.

već i da im pomogne da postanu produktivniji.

Farmers will be able to find

Farmeri će moći da saznaju

which lands have been cleared from explosive devices,

koje zemljište je očišćeno od eksplozivnih naprava

and in that way, they will be able to find new, fertile grounds

i tako će moći da nađu novo plodno zemljište

to start growing food again.

da bi ponovo započeli proizvodnju hrane.

MineSafe has now a partnership with the Colombian government

Projekat „Minska bezbednost“ je sada u partnerstvu sa kolumbijskom vladom

for the initial pilot,

po pitanju pilot projekta,

and we have now some connections with Cambodia and Somalia as well.

a sada imamo određene veze sa Kambodžom i Somalijom, takođe.

This project is being funded by private money

Projekat se finansira iz privatnih izvora ovde u Sjedinjenim Državama,

here in the United States,

but we don't want to stop here.

ali ne želimo ovde da se zaustavimo.

We want to go big,

Želimo da se razvijemo

and we want to scale the project to every single place

i da proporcionalno razvijemo projekat prema svakom pojedinačnom mestu

where land mines are still a threat.

gde nagazne mine još uvek predstavljaju opasnost.

The Colombian armed conflict is finally coming to an end,

Oružani sukob u Kolumbiji konačno se bliži kraju,

but the consequences of years of war are still buried under our feet.

ali posledice višegodišnjeg rata i dalje su zakopane pod našim nogama.

We at MineSafe are working to help both people and land

U kompaniji „Minska bezbednost“ radimo da pomognemo ljudima i državi da nađu mir.

to find peace.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)