Cristiana Strava
Biographic Data
| ID | 649398 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cristiana Strava |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cristiana |
| FAMILY NAME | Strava |
| SIGNATURE | STRAVA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2622-2125 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Making Megaprojects
The world is currently experiencing a surge of investment in, and development of, large-scale infrastructural building projects, frequently captured by the term 'megaprojects'. Distinguished by the bulk of their envisioned materiality, the volume of financial capital required to build them, and the complexity of technical, legal, administrative, and political tools needed to bring them into operation, megaprojects do not easily lend themselves to…
In the Time of Megaprojects
Capitalizing on its comparative political and social stability in the region, in recent years the Moroccan regime has been attracting global and regional investors with the promise of new 'megaprojects' that aim to radically transform local natural, economic and social landscapes. Inaugurated in 2018, Morocco's (and Africa's) first high-speed rail line (LGV) is considered a flagship project within this landscape. Part of a wider 'development corr…
Introduction to the themed section
International audience
Dissenting poses
In the spring of 2014, an unprecedented wave of police raids swept over every lower-class ( sha‘abi ) neighborhood across Morocco. Dubbed “Operation Tcharmil,” the raids targeted young, lower-class men that matched viral online images in which track-suit-wearing teens boastfully displayed status objects and white weapons. Drawing on the theoretical apparatus of the “affective turn,” in this article I unpack the structural and historical factors t…
At Home on the Margins
In this article I examine some of the ways in which giving and receiving care on the margins of Casablanca become ambivalently constituted acts inscribed in a context of historical trauma and growing economic insecurity. Within this context I explore the usefulness of "un-homely" as a conceptual tool for discussing forms of domestic care on the margins of a growing urban center. Drawing on fieldwork material gathered during 2013-2014 in a margina…
Making Megaprojects
The world is currently experiencing a surge of investment in, and development of, large-scale infrastructural building projects, frequently captured by the term 'megaprojects'. Distinguished by the bulk of their envisioned materiality, the volume of financial capital required to build them, and the complexity of technical, legal, administrative, and political tools needed to bring them into operation, megaprojects do not easily lend themselves to…
At Home on the Margins
In this article I examine some of the ways in which giving and receiving care on the margins of Casablanca become ambivalently constituted acts inscribed in a context of historical trauma and growing economic insecurity. Within this context I explore the usefulness of "un-homely" as a conceptual tool for discussing forms of domestic care on the margins of a growing urban center. Drawing on fieldwork material gathered during 2013-2014 in a margina…
In the Time of Megaprojects
Capitalizing on its comparative political and social stability in the region, in recent years the Moroccan regime has been attracting global and regional investors with the promise of new 'megaprojects' that aim to radically transform local natural, economic and social landscapes. Inaugurated in 2018, Morocco's (and Africa's) first high-speed rail line (LGV) is considered a flagship project within this landscape. Part of a wider 'development corr…
At Home on the Margins
In this article I examine some of the ways in which giving and receiving care on the margins of Casablanca become ambivalently constituted acts inscribed in a context of historical trauma and growing economic insecurity. Within this context I explore the usefulness of "un-homely" as a conceptual tool for discussing forms of domestic care on the margins of a growing urban center. Drawing on fieldwork material gathered during 2013-2014 in a margina…
Dissenting poses
In the spring of 2014, an unprecedented wave of police raids swept over every lower-class ( sha‘abi ) neighborhood across Morocco. Dubbed “Operation Tcharmil,” the raids targeted young, lower-class men that matched viral online images in which track-suit-wearing teens boastfully displayed status objects and white weapons. Drawing on the theoretical apparatus of the “affective turn,” in this article I unpack the structural and historical factors t…
Introduction to the themed section
International audience
Making Megaprojects
The world is currently experiencing a surge of investment in, and development of, large-scale infrastructural building projects, frequently captured by the term 'megaprojects'. Distinguished by the bulk of their envisioned materiality, the volume of financial capital required to build them, and the complexity of technical, legal, administrative, and political tools needed to bring them into operation, megaprojects do not easily lend themselves to…
In the Time of Megaprojects
Capitalizing on its comparative political and social stability in the region, in recent years the Moroccan regime has been attracting global and regional investors with the promise of new 'megaprojects' that aim to radically transform local natural, economic and social landscapes. Inaugurated in 2018, Morocco's (and Africa's) first high-speed rail line (LGV) is considered a flagship project within this landscape. Part of a wider 'development corr…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · French Urban and Social Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Media studies (2 works)