sportsevent:the winter games

Occupying Turin: refugees breathe life into abandoned buildings of Olympic village, but authorities want them out

Arriving at the Olympic Village in Turin, the stage for the 2006 Winter Olympics, it is easy to guess which buildings have been maintained as student houses and youth hostels, and now house refugees. The peeling blue and grey paint is visible evidence of Olympic enthusiasm turned to detachment.

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Ex #MOI di #Torino: “In quartiere non c’è la guerra civile!”

Ex MOI: il punto dopo settimane di nuove tensioni più o meno “spontanee” e atti di violenza attorno alle palazzine dell’ex villaggio olimpico di Torino occupate nel marzo 2013 da rifugiati dell’”emergenza Nordafrica” del 2011. Gli ultimi dati, le (vaghe) affermazioni su un “piano” di sgombero. E una riflessione del coordinamento “Non solo asilo”. Il coordinamento riconosce che in quartiere «le criticità esistono, così come sono presenti elementi di degrado»; ma «la narrazione compiuta in queste ultime settimane da numerosi operatori della comunicazione è spesso scivolata in istigazione all’intolleranza e all’odio».

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And a #film : “The Sochi project”

Presentato al festival internazionale del documentario di Amsterdam “The Sochi project”, inchiesta sulle prossime Olimpiadi invernali e sulle violazioni dei diritti umani che ne hanno accompagnato la preparazione

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▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/aree/Russia/Fort-Sochi-145412

#documentaire

Et un article scientifique publié par la Revue de géographie alpine : Sochi/Сочи 2014 : Olympic Winter Games between High Mountains and Seaside

The IOC’s decision to accept Sochi’s bid to host the 2014 Olympic Winter Games presented the Russian Government with an opportunity for international repositioning. The Caucasian War in August 2008, too, can be linked to this development. Going back to the very beginnings of the Soviet Republic, the Sochi region has achieved the tradition of a resort for health and recreation. However, these functions have so far just concentrated along the Eastern Black Sea’s narrow shoreline. With regard to tourism, the 2014 Games will extend the business segment by establishing the new winter season, whereby the planned actions and measures taken will reach extreme and superlative dimensions. From this perspective, an analytical observation systematically accompanying this mega sports event even prior to its commencement will be of exceptional importance. The academic literature pertaining to the Southern part of the Western Caucasian region shows a noticeable lack of contributions in regards to emerging changes. The study focuses on aspects of regional planning and settlement, as well as on socio-economic developments. Further questions posed at the same time relating to society as a whole refer to social processes of participation and decision-making. Overall, the current transformation processes that have reached this area in 1991 will therefore accelerate significantly. The effectiveness as well as the political willingness to promote societal bottom-up processes will in the end prove to be a measuring stick of their own sustainability.

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▻http://rga.revues.org/1717

#carte #cartographie #visualisation #jeux_olympiques

#sotchi #jo