ABOUT THE SPEAKER
DK Osseo-Asare - Designer
DK Osseo-Asare creates architecture with and for the people that design overlooks.

Why you should listen

Africa today has the youngest population and fastest rate of urbanization on the planet. How can we amplify indigenous innovation continent-wide to accommodate the needs of Africa’s next billion urban dwellers? Collaborating with thousands of young people in West Africa over the past decade, DK Osseo-Asare has pioneered new approaches to design and deliver architecture and inclusive innovation to people living in resource-constrained environments: reframing the micro-architectures of "kiosk culture" as urban infrastructure for resilience; experimenting with "bambots," or bamboo architecture robots; and prototyping off-grid in the Niger Delta an open-source model of hybrid rural/urban development for Africa.

In 2012, Osseo-Asare and Yasmine Abbas launched the Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform (AMP), a community-based project to empower grassroots makers in Africa and beyond. Co-designed with over a thousand youth in and around Agbogbloshie scrapyard in Accra, Ghana -- infamously mischaracterized as "the world's largest e-waste dump" -- AMP Spacecraft is an open architecture for "crafting space" that links a mobile structure with modular toolsets to help makers make more and better, together. AMP has deployed three spacecraft to date, with the goal of networking a pan-African fleet of maker kiosks that enable youth to reimagine (e-)waste as raw material for building digital futures, recycle better and unlock their creative potential to remake the world.

Osseo-Asare is co-founding principal of Low Design Office (LOWDO), a trans-Atlantic architecture and integrated design studio based in Ghana and Texas. He co-founded the Ashesi Design Lab as Chief Maker and is Assistant Professor of Architecture and Engineering Design at Penn State University, where he runs the Humanitarian Materials Lab (HuMatLab) and serves as Associate Director of Penn State’s Alliance for Education, Science, Engineering and Design with Africa (AESEDA).

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TEDGlobal 2017

DK Osseo-Asare: What a scrapyard in Ghana can teach us about innovation

DK Osseo-Asare: 加纳废品回收站教给我们的创新知识

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在加纳阿克拉的一个社区,阿博布罗西,人们在电子垃圾中回收原料。未经正规培训,这些城市矿工往往会把它们拆开,再把他们组装起来,从而掌握了电子产品的工作原理。设计师和TED伙伴DK Osseo-Asare想知道:如果我们把这些自学成才的技术人员和学生和年轻的专业人士联系在一起,会发生什么呢?结果就是,形成了一个不断增长的创客社区,人们在那里进行对等的、动手的教育,并受到他们想要创造的东西的激励。
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Come with me to AgbogbloshieAgbogbloshie,
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和我一起去阿博布罗西。
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a neighborhood邻里 in the heart of Accra阿克拉,
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阿克拉市中心的一个社区,
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named命名 after a god that lives生活
in the OdawOdaw River.
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命名自一位住在奥德河的神。
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There's a slum贫民窟, Old FadamaFadama,
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那里有个贫民窟,老法达玛,
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built内置 on land土地 reclaimed回收
from the KorleKorle Lagoon泻湖,
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建在科勒泻湖填充而成的土地上,
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just before it opens打开
into the Gulf海湾 of Guinea几内亚.
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就在它进入几内亚湾之前。
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There's a scrapyard废品场 here where people
take apart距离 all kinds of things,
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这里有一个废品回收站,
人们把各种各样的东西,
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from mobile移动 phones手机 to computers电脑,
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从手机到电脑,
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automobiles汽车 to even entire整个 airplanes飞机.
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汽车甚至整架飞机拆分解。
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Agbogbloshie'sAgbogbloshie 的 scrapyard废品场 is famous著名
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阿博布罗西的废品回收很出名,
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because it has become成为 a symbol符号
of the downside缺点 of technology技术:
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因为它已经成为科技的负面标志:
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the problem问题 of planned计划 obsolescence报废.
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计划报废的问题。
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It's seen看到 as a place地点 where devices设备
from around the world世界 end结束 their life,
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它是世界各地的设备
结束它们生命的地方,
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where your data数据 comes to die.
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你的数据消亡的场所。
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These are the images图片
that the media媒体 loves to show显示,
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这些照片是媒体喜欢展示的,
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of young年轻 men男人 and boys男孩
burning燃烧 wires电线 and cables电缆
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年轻人和小伙子燃烧电线和电缆
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to recover恢复 copper and aluminum,
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回收铜和铝,
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using运用 Styrofoam泡沫塑料 and old tires轮胎 as fuel汽油,
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使用聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料和旧轮胎
作为燃料。
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seriously认真地 hurting伤害 themselves他们自己
and the environment环境.
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严重伤害他们自己和环境。
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It's a super-toxic超毒 process处理,
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这是个毒性超强的过程,
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producing生产 pollutants污染物 that enter输入
the global全球 ecosystem生态系统,
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产生进入全球生态系统的污染物,
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build建立 up in fatty脂肪 tissue组织
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沉淀在脂肪组织中
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and threaten威胁 the top最佳 of the food餐饮 chain.
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并威胁食物链的顶端。
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But this story故事 is incomplete残缺.
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但这样的故事是不完整的。
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There's a lot we can learn学习
from AgbogbloshieAgbogbloshie,
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我们可以从阿博布罗西学到很多,
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where scrap废料 collected
from city-城市 and nationwide全国 is brought.
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在那里收集了
全国和全球各地的废品。
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For so many许多 of us,
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对我们很多人而言,
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our devices设备 are black黑色 boxes盒子.
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我们的设备是黑盒子。
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We know what they do,
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我们知道它们是做什么用的,
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but not how they work or what's inside.
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但不知道它们工作原理或里面有啥。
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In AgbogbloshieAgbogbloshie, people
make it their business商业
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在阿博布罗西,
人们把它当作自己的生意,
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to know exactly究竟 what's inside.
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知道里面到底是什么。
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Scrap废料 dealers经销商 recover恢复 copper,
aluminum, steel, glass玻璃, plastic塑料
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废品回收商回收
铜、铝、钢、玻璃、塑料
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and printed印刷的 circuit电路 boards.
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和印刷电路板。
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It's called "urban城市的 mining矿业."
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这被称为“城市采矿”。
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It's now more efficient高效 for us
to mine materials物料 from our waste浪费.
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对我们来说,
从废品中开采材料更有效率。
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There is 10 times more gold,
silver, platinum, palladium
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1吨电子产品中黄金,白银,
铂金,钯
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in one ton of our electronics电子产品
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的含量
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than in one ton of ore矿石 mined开采
from beneath下面 the surface表面 of the earth地球.
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比地球表面下开采的同等矿石
要高10倍。
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In AgbogbloshieAgbogbloshie,
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在阿博布罗西,
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weight重量 is a form形成 of currency货币.
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重量是一种货币形态。
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Devices设备 are dissected解剖 to recover恢复
materials物料, parts部分 and components组件
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设备以难以想象的细致程度被分割
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with incredible难以置信 attention注意 to detail详情,
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以回收材料、部件和元件,
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down to the aluminum tips提示
of electric电动 plugs插头.
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细到电插头的铝尖。
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But scrap废料 dealers经销商 don't destroy破坏
components组件 that are still functional实用.
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但废品经销商不会破坏
仍能运作的部件。
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They supply供应 them to repair修理 workshops研讨会
like this one in AgbogbloshieAgbogbloshie
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他们供给在阿博布罗西
像这样的维修店,
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and the tens of thousands数千
of technicians技师 across横过 the country国家
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以及全国各地成千上万翻新电器
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that refurbish翻新 electrical电动
and electronic电子 equipment设备,
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和电子设备的技术人员,
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and sell them as used products制品
to consumers消费者 that may可能 not be able能够 to buy购买
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把这些物品当二手产品卖给买不起
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a new television电视 or a new computer电脑.
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新电视机或新电脑的消费者。
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Make no mistake错误 about it,
there are young年轻 hackers黑客 in AgbogbloshieAgbogbloshie --
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毫无疑问,在阿博布罗西
有年轻的黑客,
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and I mean that in the very best最好
sense of that word --
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我的确切意思是指
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that know not only
how to take apart距离 computers电脑
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那些不仅知道如何把电脑拆开,
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but how to put them back together一起,
how to give them new life.
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也知道如何组装起来,
赋予它们新的生命的人。
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AgbogbloshieAgbogbloshie reminds提醒 us
that making制造 is a cycle周期.
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阿博布罗西提醒我们
制造是一个循环。
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It extends扩展 to remaking再造 and unmakingunmaking
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它延伸到重塑和分解,
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in order订购 to recover恢复 the materials物料
that enable启用 us to make something anew重新.
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以恢复那些
使我们能够重新创造新事物的材料。
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We can learn学习 from AgbogbloshieAgbogbloshie,
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我们可以像阿博布罗西了解到,
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where cobblers鞋匠 remake翻拍 work boots靴子,
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在那补鞋匠冲造工作靴,
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where women妇女 collect搜集 plastic塑料
from all over the city,
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女性从城市各处收集塑料,
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sort分类 it by type类型,
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分门别类,
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shred撕碎 it, wash it
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分解,清洗
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and ultimately最终 sell it back
as feedstock原料 to factories工厂
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并最终作为原料出售给工厂
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to make new clothing服装,
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去制造新的衣服,
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new plastic塑料 buckets水桶
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新塑料桶
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and chairs椅子.
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和椅子。
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Steel is stockpiled储备 separately分别,
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钢被分开储存,
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where the carcasses尸体 of cars汽车
and microwaves微波炉 and washing洗涤 machines
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在那里汽车、微波炉和洗衣机的部件
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become成为 iron rods for new construction施工;
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成为新建材的铁棒;
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where roofing屋面 sheets床单 become成为 cookstoves炉灶;
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屋顶的薄钢板变成炉灶;
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where shafts from cars汽车 become成为 chisels
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汽车上的轴变成凿子
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that are used to scrap废料 more objects对象;
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用来拆解更多的物品。
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where aluminum recovered恢复
from the radiators散热器 of fridges冰箱
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冰箱和空调的散热器中
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and air空气 conditioners空调
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回收的铝
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are melted融化了 down
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被融化后
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and use sand casting铸件 to make
ornaments饰品 for the building建造 industry行业,
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用砂铸造为建筑行业的装饰,
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for pots which哪一个 are sold出售 just down
the street in the AgbogbloshieAgbogbloshie market市场
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那些在阿博布罗西市场上卖的罐子里
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with a full充分 array排列 of locally本地 made制作
ovens烤箱, stoves炉具 and smokers吸烟者,
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装满了各种各样本地制造的烤箱、
炉灶和排烟机,
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which哪一个 are used every一切 day
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每日用于
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to make the majority多数 of palm棕榈 nut坚果 soups,
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制作城里大部分的棕榈仁汤,
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of tea and sugar breads面包,
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茶和糖面包,
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of grilled tilapia罗非鱼 in the city.
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还有烤罗非鱼。
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They're made制作 in roadside路边 workshops研讨会
like this one by welders焊工 like Mohammed穆罕默德,
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它们是在这样的作坊里
像穆罕默德这样的焊工制作的,
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who recover恢复 materials物料
from the waste浪费 stream
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他从废物流中回收各种材料
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and use them to make all kinds of things,
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使用来制作各种各样的东西,
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like dumbbells哑铃 for working加工 out
out of old car汽车 parts部分.
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比如从旧汽车零件中制造出哑铃。
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But here's这里的 what's really cool:
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但最酷的是:
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the welding焊接 machines
they use look like this,
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他们使用的焊接机器是这样的,
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and they're made制作
by specially特别 coiling卷取 copper
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它们是由旧变压器废料中回收的
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around electrical电动 steel
recovered恢复 from old transformer变压器 scrap废料.
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特殊的卷铜制成而成的。
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There's an entire整个 industry行业
just next下一个 to AgbogbloshieAgbogbloshie
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在阿博布罗西旁边就有个产业
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making制造 locally本地 fabricated制造 welding焊接 machines
that power功率 local本地 fabrication制造.
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制造焊接机器,
为本地制造提供动力。
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What's really cool as well is that
there's a transfer转让 of skills技能 and knowledge知识
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真正酷的是知识和技能在
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across横过 generations,
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不同代间的传承,
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from masters主人 to apprentices学徒,
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从师傅到学徒,
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but it's doneDONE through通过 active活性 learning学习,
through通过 heuristic启发式 learning学习,
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但这是通过主动学习,启发式学习,
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learning学习 by doing and by making制造.
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通过动手和制作来学习的。
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And this stands站立 in sharp尖锐 contrast对比
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这与很多学生在学校的经历
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to the experience经验
of many许多 students学生们 in school学校,
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正好形成鲜明的对比,
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where lecturers讲师 lecture演讲,
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那里上课就是上课,
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and students学生们 write things down
and memorize记忆 them.
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学生把东西写下来记住。
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It's boring无聊, but the real真实 problem问题 is
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这非常无趣,但真正的问题在于
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this somehow不知何故 preempts会抢占 their latent
or their inherent固有 entrepreneurial创业 power功率.
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这某种程度上取代了他们的天赋
或他们与生俱来的创业能力。
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They know books图书 but not how to make stuff东东.
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他们知道书本知识,
但不知道如何做事。
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Four years年份 ago, my cofounder联合创始人
Yasmine亚斯曼 Abbas阿巴斯 and I asked:
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4年前,我的联合创始人Yasmine Abbas
和我问自己:
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What would happen发生 if we could couple一对
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如果我们把非正规部门中
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the practical实际的 know-how知识 of makers制造商
in the informal非正式的 sector扇形
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自学成才的人与
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with the technical技术 knowledge知识
of students学生们 and young年轻 professionals专业人士
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集科学,技术,工程,艺术和数学
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in STEAM蒸汽 fields领域 --
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的STEAM教育体系
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science科学, technology技术, engineering工程,
arts艺术 and mathematics数学 --
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中的学生和年轻专业人士的知识
结合在一起,
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to build建立 a STEAM-powered蒸汽动力 innovation革新 engine发动机
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去构建STEAM模式的创新引擎
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to drive驾驶 what we call
"SankofaSankofa Innovation革新," which哪一个 I'll explain说明.
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去推动我们所说的“桑科法创新”的话,
会发生什么?
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We took forays突袭 into the scrapyard废品场
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我们突袭了废品回收站
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to look for what could be repurposed改变用途,
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去寻找什么东西可以重新利用,
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like DVDDVD writers作家 that could
become成为 laser激光 etchersetchers,
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如DVD读写器可以变成
激光蚀刻机,
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or the power功率 supplies耗材 of old servers服务器
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或是旧服务器的电源
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for a start-up启动 in Kumasi库马西
making制造 3D printers打印机 out of e-waste电子垃圾.
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为库马西的一家创业公司,为他们用
电子垃圾制作3D打印机提供电源。
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The key was to bring带来 together一起
young年轻 people from different不同 backgrounds背景
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关键在于把来自不同背景的年轻人,
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that ordinarily按说 never have
anything to do with each other,
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他们平常基本不会产生任何联系,
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to have a conversation会话
about how they could collaborate合作
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去就可能的协作进行对话
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and to test测试 and develop发展
new machines and tools工具
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并测试和开发新的机器和工具,
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that could allow允许 them to shred撕碎
and strip跳闸 copper instead代替 of burning燃烧 it,
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这些工具可以让他们分解并剥去铜
而不是燃烧掉,
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to mold模子 plastic塑料 bricks砖块 and tiles瓷砖,
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去塑造塑料砖和瓦,
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to build建立 new computers电脑 out of components组件
recovered恢复 from dead electronics电子产品,
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用从废弃电子设备回收的部件
来制造新计算机,
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to build建立 a drone无人驾驶飞机.
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去制造无人机。
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And here you can see it flying飞行
for the first time in AgbogbloshieAgbogbloshie.
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你现在看到的是
它在阿博布罗西首航。
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(Applause掌声)
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(鼓掌)
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Yasmine亚斯曼 and I have collaborated合作
with over 1,500 young年轻 people,
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Yasmine和我与超过1500位年轻人合作,
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750 from STEAM蒸汽 fields领域,
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750位来自STEAM领域 ,
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and over 750 grassroots基层 makers制造商
and scrap废料 dealers经销商
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from AgbogbloshieAgbogbloshie and beyond.
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草根创客和废品经销商。
07:41
They've他们已经 joined加盟 hands together一起
to develop发展 a platform平台
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他们携手一到开发了一个他们
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which哪一个 they call Spacecraft宇宙飞船,
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称为太空船的平台,
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a hybrid混合动力 physical物理 and digital数字
space空间 for crafting各具特色,
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一个混合物理和数字的工艺空间,
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more of a process处理 than a product产品,
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更多是一个过程而非产品,
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an open打开 architecture建筑 for making制造,
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一个制造的开放架构,
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which哪一个 involves涉及 three parts部分:
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其中包括三个部分:
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a makerspacemakerspace kiosk,
which哪一个 is prefab预制 and modular模块化;
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一个创客空间的小亭子,
它是预制和模块化的。
08:04
tool工具 kits which哪一个 can be customized定制
based基于 on what makers制造商 want to make;
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可以根据创客想要制造的产品
定制的工具包,
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and a trading贸易 app应用.
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和一个交易的APP。
08:10
We built内置 the app应用 specifically特别
with the needs需求 of the scrap废料 dealers经销商
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我们专门开发了这款应用,
以满足废品经销商的需求。
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in mind心神 first,
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首先要清楚,
08:15
because we realized实现 that it was not enough足够
to arm them with information信息
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因为我们知道光用信息和升级科技
08:20
and upgraded升级 technology技术
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武装他们是不够的。
08:21
if we wanted them to green绿色
their recycling回收 processes流程;
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如果想让他们绿色化回收流程,
08:25
they needed需要 incentives奖励.
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他们需要动力。
08:27
Scrap废料 dealers经销商 are always looking
for new scrap废料 and new buyers买家
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废品经销商总在寻找新的废品和
新的买家
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and what interests利益 them
is finding发现 buyers买家 who will pay工资 more
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让他们感兴趣的是找到愿意为清洁铜
而非燃烧的
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for clean清洁 copper than for burnt.
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支付更多钱的买家。
08:38
We realized实现 that in the entire整个 ecosystem生态系统,
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我们意识到在整个生态系统中,
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everyone大家 was searching搜索 for something.
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每个人都在寻找东西。
08:43
Makers庄家 are searching搜索 for materials物料,
parts部分, components组件, tools工具, blueprints蓝图
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创客在寻找材料、部件、组件、
工具、蓝图
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to make what it is they want to make.
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去制造他们想要制造的东西。
08:51
They're also finding发现 a way
to let customers顾客 and clientele客户
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他们也在寻找方法让顾客和客户
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find out that they can repair修理 a blender搅拌机
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发现他们可以修理搅拌机
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or fix固定 an iron
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或修理熨斗,
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or, as we learned学到了 yesterday昨天,
to make a french法国 fry machine.
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或者,就像我们昨天了解的,
做一个炸薯条机器。
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On the flip翻动 side, you find
that there are end结束 users用户
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另一方面,你发现终端用户
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that are desperately拼命 looking for someone有人
that can make them a french法国 fry machine,
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在迫切寻找能够帮他们制作
炸薯条机器的人,
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and you have scrap废料 dealers经销商 who are
looking how they can collect搜集 this scrap废料,
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而废品经销商在寻找
如何收集这些废料,
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process处理 it, and turn it back
into an input输入 for new making制造.
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处理它,并将它转换为
新制造的输入。
09:18
We tried试着 to untangle排解
that knot of not knowing会心
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我们试图解开这个不知道的结,
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to allow允许 people to find what they need
to make what they want to make.
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让人们找到他们想要的东西,
去做他们想做的事。
09:24
We prototyped原型 the makerspacemakerspace
kiosk in AgbogbloshieAgbogbloshie,
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我们在阿博布罗西制作的
创客空间小亭子,
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conceived设想 as the opposite对面 of a school学校:
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作为学校的对立面:
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a portal门户 into experiential体验
and experimental试验 making制造
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一个进入试验和实验制作的门户,
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that connects所连接 local本地 and global全球
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用来连接本地和全球,
09:37
and connects所连接 making制造
with remaking再造 and unmakingunmaking.
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并连接制造,再造和分解。
09:41
We made制作 a rule规则 that everything
had to be made制作 from scratch
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我们立下了一条规矩
所有的东西都应用制造自
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using运用 only materials物料 made制作 in Ghana加纳
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加纳制造的废品材料
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or sourced来源 from the scrapyard废品场.
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或者废料场采购的材料。
09:50
The structures结构 essentially实质上 are
simple简单 trusses桁架 which哪一个 bolt螺栓 together一起.
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这些结构本质上
是简单的结合在一起的。
09:54
It takes about two hours小时 to assemble集合
one module with semi-skilled半熟练 labor劳动,
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半熟练工人组装一个模块
大约需要两个小时,
09:59
and by developing发展 tooling工装
and jigs夹具 and rigs钻机,
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通过开发工具,夹具和钻机,
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we were able能够 to actually其实
build建立 these standardized标准化 parts部分
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我们能够在这个手工焊接的
生态系统中
10:06
within this ecosystem生态系统 of artisanal手工 welders焊工
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建立这些标准化的部件,
10:09
with the precision精确 of one millimeter毫米 --
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精度可达1毫米。
10:12
of course课程, using运用 made-in-AgbogbloshieAgbogbloshie
welding焊接 machines,
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当然,
使用阿博布罗西制造的焊接机,
10:15
as well as for the tools工具,
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以及这些工具,
10:17
which哪一个 can lock, the toolboxes工具箱,
and stack to make workbenches工作台,
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这些工具盒都可以堆积固定
成为工作台,
10:20
and again, customized定制
based基于 on what you want to make.
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再说一次,可以根据你想要的东西
进行定制。
10:23
We've我们已经 tested测试 the app应用 in AgbogbloshieAgbogbloshie
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我们在阿博布罗西测试这个APP
10:26
and are getting得到 ready准备 to open打开 it up
to other maker制作者 ecosystems生态系统.
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并准确将其开放给
其他创客的生存体系。
10:30
In six months个月, we'll have finished
three years年份 of testing测试
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在6个月中,我们完成对创客空间亭
10:34
the makerspacemakerspace kiosk,
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的三年测试,
10:36
which哪一个 I have to admit承认, we've我们已经 subjected
to some pretty漂亮 horrific可怕的 abuse滥用.
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我们不得不承认,
我们受到了一些粗暴的对待。
10:40
But it's for a good cause原因,
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但这有正当的理由,
10:42
because based基于 on
the results结果 of that testing测试,
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因为基于测试的结果,
10:44
we've我们已经 been able能够 to redesign重新设计
an upgraded升级 version of this makerspacemakerspace.
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我们已经能够重新设计
这个创客空间的升级版。
如果一个工厂实验室又大,又贵,
又不易移动,
10:49
If a fabFAB lab实验室 is large, expensive昂贵,
and fixed固定 in place地点,
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10:55
think of this as the counterpoint对位:
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就可以把这想成其对立面:
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something low-cost低成本,
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它是低成本的,
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which哪一个 can be locally本地 manufactured制成的,
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可以本地制造,
11:04
which哪一个 can be expanded扩大
and kitted配备 out incrementally增量
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可以扩展并随着创客的资源需求
11:07
as makers制造商 acquire获得 resources资源.
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逐渐增加。
11:09
You can think of it as a toolshed工具棚,
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你可以把它想象成一个工具棚,
11:12
where makers制造商 can come and check out tools工具
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创客可以来这里查找工具,
11:15
and take them via通过 handcart手推车
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用手推车拿走它们,
11:18
to wherever哪里 they want in the city
to make what it is they want to make.
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到他们想去的地方,
做他们想做的东西。
11:21
And moving移动 into the next下一个 phase,
we're planning规划 to also add
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进入下一个阶段,我们还打算添加
11:24
ceiling-mounted天花板安装 CNCCNC bots机器人,
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嵌入式的数控机器人,
11:27
which哪一个 allow允许 makers制造商 to cocreateCoCreate的
together一起 with robots机器人.
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可以让创客与机器人共同制造。
11:31
Ultimately最终,, this is a kit套件 of parts部分
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最终,这是一套
11:33
which哪一个 can be assembled组装 locally本地
within the informal非正式的 sector扇形
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可以在非正规部门内部组装的部件,
11:37
using运用 standardized标准化 parts部分
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使用可以通过开源过程
11:38
which哪一个 can be upgraded升级 collectively
through通过 an open-source开源 process处理.
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进行集体升级的标准化部件。
11:46
In totality整体, this entire整个
makerspacemakerspace system系统
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总的来说,整个创客空间系统
11:49
tries尝试 to do five things:
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试图做5件事情:
11:50
to enable启用 emerging新兴 makers制造商
to gather收集 the resources资源 they need
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让新兴创客能够收集到
所需要的资源
11:56
and the tools工具 to make
what they want to make;
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和工具去制造他们想做的东西;
11:58
to learn学习 by doing and from others其他;
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通过亲自做和他人身上学习;
12:01
to produce生产 more and better products制品;
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去制造更多和更好的产品;
12:04
to be able能够 to trade贸易
to generate生成 steady稳定 income收入;
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可以通过交易产生稳定的收入;
12:06
and ultimately最终, to amplify放大
not only their reputation声誉 as a maker制作者,
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最终,不仅要扩大他们作为创客的
声誉,
12:10
but their maker制作者 potential潜在.
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还有他们的创客潜能。
12:13
SankofaSankofa is one of the most powerful强大
AdinkraAdinkra symbols符号 of the Akan阿寒湖 peoples人们
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桑科法是在加纳和科德维尔的阿卡人
12:17
in Ghana加纳 and Cote科特 d'Ivoire科特迪瓦,
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最强大的阿丁克拉族符号之一,
12:19
and it can be represented代表 as a bird
reaching到达 onto its back to collect搜集 an egg,
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它可以描绘成一只鸟
到它的背上去收集鸟蛋,
12:24
a symbol符号 of power功率.
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一种力量的符号。
12:27
It translates转换 literally按照字面 from the TwiTWI
as "return返回 and get it,"
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它从字面上翻译过来就是
"回来并得到它"
12:30
and what this means手段 is that if
an individual个人 or a community社区 or a society社会
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这意味着假如一个人,
一个社区或一个社会
12:35
wants to have a successful成功 future未来,
they have to draw on the past过去.
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想要在未来取得成功,
他们必须回到过去。
12:40
To acquire获得 and master
existing现有 ways方法 of doing,
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去获取并掌握现存的做事方法,
12:43
access访问 the knowledge知识 of their ancestors祖先.
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获取他们祖先的知识。
12:45
And this is very relevant相应
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这是非常相关的,
12:47
if we want to think about an inclusive包括的
future未来 for Africa非洲 today今天.
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如果我们想为今天的非洲
考虑一个包容性的未来。
12:51
We have to start开始 from the ground地面 up,
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我们必须从头开始,
12:54
mining矿业 what already已经 works作品
for methods方法 and for models楷模,
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挖掘已经适用的方法和模型,
12:58
and to think about how might威力 we
be able能够 to connect,
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并去想想我们如何去连接,
13:02
in a kind of "both-and既-又,"
not "either-or或者" paradigm范例,
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以一种“两者都”而非
“非此即彼”的范式,
13:06
the innovation革新 capacity容量
of this growing生长 network网络
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去连接这个不断增长的科技中心
13:09
of tech高科技 hubs集线器 and incubators孵化器
across横过 the continent大陆
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和孵化器网络的创新能力,
13:13
and to rethink反思 beyond national国民 boundaries边界
and political政治 boundaries边界,
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并重新思考超越国界和政治界限的
问题,
13:17
to think about how we can network网络
innovation革新 in Africa非洲
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去思考我们如何在非洲建立
网络创新,
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with the spirit精神 of SankofaSankofa
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在桑科法精神
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and the existing现有 capacity容量
of makers制造商 at the grassroots基层.
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以及现存的草根阶层能力的指导下。
13:30
If, in the future未来, someone有人 tells告诉 you
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假若,将来,有人告诉你
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AgbogbloshieAgbogbloshie is the largest最大
e-waste电子垃圾 dump倾倒 in the world世界,
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阿博布罗西是世界上最大的
电子垃圾场,
13:35
I hope希望 you can correct正确 them
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我希望你能纠正他们,
13:37
and explain说明 to them that a dump倾倒
is a place地点 where you throw things away
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并向他们解释垃圾堆是
你把东西往哪一堆
就再也不管的地方;
13:42
and leave离开 them forever永远;
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a scrapyard废品场 is where
you take things apart距离.
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废料场是你把东西拆卸的地方。
13:45
Waste浪费 is something
that no longer has any value,
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废品是不再有任何价值的东西,
13:49
whereas scrap废料 is something
that you recover恢复
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而废料是你回收回来
13:51
specifically特别 to use it
to remake翻拍 something new.
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专门用来制造新东西的物品。
13:57
Making制造 is a cycle周期,
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制造是一个循环,
13:59
and African非洲人 makerspacesmakerspaces
are already已经 pioneering创举 and leading领导
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非洲的创客空间已经在领先和引领
14:05
circular economy经济 at the grassroots基层.
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草根阶层的循环经济。
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Let's make more and better together一起.
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让我们一起做得越来越好。
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Thank you.
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谢谢
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(Applause掌声)
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(鼓掌)
Translated by jacks peng
Reviewed by Tiannuo Yun

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
DK Osseo-Asare - Designer
DK Osseo-Asare creates architecture with and for the people that design overlooks.

Why you should listen

Africa today has the youngest population and fastest rate of urbanization on the planet. How can we amplify indigenous innovation continent-wide to accommodate the needs of Africa’s next billion urban dwellers? Collaborating with thousands of young people in West Africa over the past decade, DK Osseo-Asare has pioneered new approaches to design and deliver architecture and inclusive innovation to people living in resource-constrained environments: reframing the micro-architectures of "kiosk culture" as urban infrastructure for resilience; experimenting with "bambots," or bamboo architecture robots; and prototyping off-grid in the Niger Delta an open-source model of hybrid rural/urban development for Africa.

In 2012, Osseo-Asare and Yasmine Abbas launched the Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform (AMP), a community-based project to empower grassroots makers in Africa and beyond. Co-designed with over a thousand youth in and around Agbogbloshie scrapyard in Accra, Ghana -- infamously mischaracterized as "the world's largest e-waste dump" -- AMP Spacecraft is an open architecture for "crafting space" that links a mobile structure with modular toolsets to help makers make more and better, together. AMP has deployed three spacecraft to date, with the goal of networking a pan-African fleet of maker kiosks that enable youth to reimagine (e-)waste as raw material for building digital futures, recycle better and unlock their creative potential to remake the world.

Osseo-Asare is co-founding principal of Low Design Office (LOWDO), a trans-Atlantic architecture and integrated design studio based in Ghana and Texas. He co-founded the Ashesi Design Lab as Chief Maker and is Assistant Professor of Architecture and Engineering Design at Penn State University, where he runs the Humanitarian Materials Lab (HuMatLab) and serves as Associate Director of Penn State’s Alliance for Education, Science, Engineering and Design with Africa (AESEDA).

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