{"id":5746,"date":"2016-03-23T12:40:46","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T17:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/?p=5746"},"modified":"2016-03-23T20:24:49","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T01:24:49","slug":"olympic-village-occupy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/2016\/03\/23\/olympic-village-occupy\/","title":{"rendered":"A Decade of Housing Occupation in Turin’s Olympic Village"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Turin’s Olympic Village in 2005, before the athletes arrived. Marco Scala, Flickr CC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ever wonder what happens to Olympic villages once the athletes and spectators leave? Some thrive, and some end up as <\/span>ghost towns.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Turin, Italy\u2019s village has taken an interesting turn. The city tried to make an international name for itself with the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Sociologist <\/span>Sergio Scamuzzi<\/span><\/a>, a member of an academic Games-monitoring group called the Olympics and Mega Events Research Observatory, <\/span>told the <\/span>Guardian<\/span><\/i><\/a> that the Olympics <\/span>\u201cgave an opportunity to the inhabitants to be proud of the city, of its capacity for innovation, its capacity to organise such a big event.\u201d Soon after the games ended, however, the area was almost abandoned.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/div>Today, Turin\u2019s Olympic village hosts more than<\/span> 1,000 refugees from over 30 countries. Many of these occupiers were migrant workers from African countries who found themselves out on the streets in 2013, when Italy\u2019s Emergency North African program ended abruptly, and some still survive on seasonal labor farm jobs. The village now features a weekly pop-up medical clinic, common spaces for office and legal advice drop-ins, language classes, barber shops, restaurants, and stores. However, many of the buildings are overcrowded and falling apart. Plans to redevelop the area have been made, and eviction orders have been issued by the government.An international refugee community now lives in the dormitories and cafeterias that once hosted international athletics\u2019 elite.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The actual eviction of so many seems almost impossible, and residents continue their daily lives despite the threat. According to a resident formerly from Senegal, <\/span>\u201cFor now it\u2019s just words, no one knows what will happen.\u201d In the meantime, an international community lives on in the dormitories and cafeterias that once hosted international athletics\u2019 elite.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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