WEBVTT 00:00:02.516 --> 00:00:05.873 Sarah Parcak: A hundred years ago, archaeology was for the rich, 00:00:05.897 --> 00:00:07.963 fifty years ago it was for men. 00:00:08.310 --> 00:00:11.222 But we are expanding it to the world. 00:00:11.959 --> 00:00:14.681 I wish for us to discover 00:00:14.705 --> 00:00:18.886 the millions of unknown archaeological sites around the world. 00:00:19.276 --> 00:00:23.656 By creating a 21st-century army of global explorers, 00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:26.394 we'll find and protect the world's hidden heritage. 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:30.829 So how are we going to do this? NOTE Paragraph 00:00:30.853 --> 00:00:33.054 [Great Big Story in partnership with TED] NOTE Paragraph 00:00:33.078 --> 00:00:35.535 Narrator: They had a big idea to change the world. 00:00:37.361 --> 00:00:39.100 But they couldn't do it alone. NOTE Paragraph 00:00:39.502 --> 00:00:42.269 (Voices overlapping) So, my wish ... My wish ... I wish ... 00:00:42.293 --> 00:00:43.453 My wish ... 00:00:43.477 --> 00:00:45.691 And now, here is my wish ... NOTE Paragraph 00:00:45.715 --> 00:00:47.208 [Torchbearers] 00:00:47.232 --> 00:00:48.940 [Ideas in action] NOTE Paragraph 00:00:52.827 --> 00:00:54.271 SP: I am an archaeologist 00:00:54.295 --> 00:00:59.403 and I specialize in using satellite imagery to map ancient landscapes, 00:00:59.427 --> 00:01:02.101 the really fun title is Space Archaeology. 00:01:02.125 --> 00:01:04.875 You of course want to record maybe how thick something is, 00:01:04.899 --> 00:01:07.863 which you can't measure from space whether that's soil or snow. 00:01:07.887 --> 00:01:11.123 When I won the prize, I had to present this completely crazy wish. 00:01:12.490 --> 00:01:15.688 I had to present the case for archaeology to the world. 00:01:15.712 --> 00:01:17.579 Why does it matter, so what? 00:01:19.117 --> 00:01:21.601 The reality is, there aren't enough of us scientists, 00:01:21.625 --> 00:01:24.744 we've got to give more people opportunities to become explorers. 00:01:29.990 --> 00:01:33.879 GlobalXplorer is an online crowdsourcing platform 00:01:33.903 --> 00:01:37.950 that allows anyone in the world to help map ancient sites 00:01:37.974 --> 00:01:39.552 by looking at satellite imagery. 00:01:40.038 --> 00:01:43.045 And it's this idea that everyone in the world 00:01:43.069 --> 00:01:45.545 can make a contribution to science. 00:01:45.569 --> 00:01:46.719 It can be anyone. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:47.291 --> 00:01:48.441 (Music) NOTE Paragraph 00:01:52.748 --> 00:01:55.956 Doris Jones: I'm Doris Jones, I'm 90 years old, I live alone 00:01:55.980 --> 00:01:58.098 except for my two kitties. 00:01:58.122 --> 00:02:00.288 And I need something to do. 00:02:00.312 --> 00:02:03.598 I play games, I like Sudoku, 00:02:03.622 --> 00:02:07.029 and I play Mahjong with friends on Friday. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:07.053 --> 00:02:08.203 (Music) NOTE Paragraph 00:02:10.311 --> 00:02:12.490 And I'm an armchair archaeologist. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:12.926 --> 00:02:14.076 (Music) NOTE Paragraph 00:02:17.212 --> 00:02:19.661 Why don't you want to work? Down. 00:02:20.720 --> 00:02:21.870 Down, let's work. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:23.109 --> 00:02:25.300 SP: Doris is one of our top contributors, 00:02:25.324 --> 00:02:26.777 she's a space archaeologist, 00:02:26.801 --> 00:02:30.045 she's looked at many, many thousands of tiles. 00:02:30.577 --> 00:02:33.522 People like her are just a gift to GlobalXplorer. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:33.546 --> 00:02:35.276 DJ: Right now, I'm looking at a tile 00:02:35.300 --> 00:02:39.346 but it has a wall, probably for animals. 00:02:39.713 --> 00:02:43.948 But it has a number of what look more like trails and roads. 00:02:46.266 --> 00:02:47.720 I'll go to the next one. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:47.744 --> 00:02:51.110 SP: All you have to do is look at an image and look carefully, 00:02:51.134 --> 00:02:55.267 and you see that there could potentially be a new site there. 00:02:58.232 --> 00:03:02.042 Doris just has this passion and energy, 00:03:02.066 --> 00:03:03.803 an excitement for exploration. 00:03:03.827 --> 00:03:07.069 She's able to give back and really contribute in a meaningful way. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:08.244 --> 00:03:09.394 (Skype dial tone) NOTE Paragraph 00:03:12.760 --> 00:03:14.093 SP: Doris! NOTE Paragraph 00:03:14.117 --> 00:03:15.268 DJ: Hi. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:15.292 --> 00:03:18.870 SP: I'm actually crying right now, because I'm overwhelmed with emotion. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:19.450 --> 00:03:20.785 DJ: Well, thank you. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:20.809 --> 00:03:23.339 SP: I just had to see your face and say, "Thank you." NOTE Paragraph 00:03:23.363 --> 00:03:25.180 DJ: I really admire what you're doing. 00:03:25.204 --> 00:03:27.271 And I really enjoy the program. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:27.601 --> 00:03:32.426 SP: When did your love for archaeology and paleontology and science start? NOTE Paragraph 00:03:32.450 --> 00:03:37.958 DJ: Well, in the middle 50s my husband and I were in the back yard 00:03:37.982 --> 00:03:39.196 digging a garden, 00:03:39.220 --> 00:03:42.006 it was late fall and we were getting ready for next spring. 00:03:42.030 --> 00:03:46.173 And I saw a strange-looking white rock on the ground. 00:03:46.514 --> 00:03:49.704 I picked it up and he said, "Let me see that." 00:03:49.728 --> 00:03:52.250 I showed it to him, he said, "You know what this is?" 00:03:52.274 --> 00:03:53.608 I told him I didn't. 00:03:53.632 --> 00:03:55.601 He said, "This is a fossil." 00:03:55.625 --> 00:03:59.625 And we took out to the creek and started looking for fossils. 00:03:59.649 --> 00:04:02.545 From then on, there was no turning back. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:03.299 --> 00:04:04.699 SP: That's wonderful. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:05.030 --> 00:04:07.775 DJ: So then I collected for years. 00:04:09.807 --> 00:04:13.470 And after all those years, of course I've got all those memories. 00:04:14.641 --> 00:04:16.759 But that's a type of thing ... 00:04:16.783 --> 00:04:19.529 It's not just hunting the fossils but the experiences. 00:04:19.553 --> 00:04:23.795 And you just learn and really live and enjoy. 00:04:24.411 --> 00:04:26.744 And I think the fun is in the hunt. 00:04:27.244 --> 00:04:30.395 You know, like it's like ... well, like the rainbow -- 00:04:30.419 --> 00:04:32.459 at the end of the rainbow is a pot of gold. 00:04:32.483 --> 00:04:36.132 So GlobalXplorer was kind of my rainbow. 00:04:38.901 --> 00:04:41.298 And even at my age 00:04:41.322 --> 00:04:44.907 I can continue to hunt for lost civilizations. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:46.410 --> 00:04:49.164 SP: I want to tell you about some of the incredible things 00:04:49.188 --> 00:04:51.347 that happened as a result of your discoveries. 00:04:51.371 --> 00:04:54.593 We're now beginning to take thousands of features 00:04:54.617 --> 00:04:56.133 that people like you have found 00:04:56.157 --> 00:05:00.156 and we're sharing them with archaeologists who work in Peru. 00:05:01.712 --> 00:05:05.553 They're beginning to confirm the things the crowd has found. 00:05:05.577 --> 00:05:07.489 So, in other words, the platform works. 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:12.275 Ultimately, this technology is helping us to rewrite our history. NOTE Paragraph 00:05:12.299 --> 00:05:13.982 DJ: We need to know our history. 00:05:14.006 --> 00:05:16.183 We're all one peoples. 00:05:16.752 --> 00:05:20.489 It's all our history, we're all here on this little ball of dirt. NOTE Paragraph 00:05:21.299 --> 00:05:24.077 SP: I believe we have barely scratched the surface 00:05:24.101 --> 00:05:26.314 in terms of what's left to discover. 00:05:26.729 --> 00:05:29.840 And the greatest story ever told 00:05:29.864 --> 00:05:33.007 is the story of our shared human journey. 00:05:33.031 --> 00:05:36.006 But the only way that we're going to be able to write it 00:05:36.030 --> 00:05:38.799 is if we do it together.