Ulrika Trovalla
Biographic Data
| ID | 221487 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ulrika Trovalla |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ulrika |
| FAMILY NAME | Trovalla |
| SIGNATURE | TROVALLA U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nordic Africa Institute |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Infrastructure as a divination tool: Whispers from the grids in a Nigerian city
In the Nigerian city of Jos, everyday life is shaped by interlacing rhythms of disconnection and reconnection. Petrol, electricity, water, etc., come and go, and in order to gain access inhabitants constantly try to discern the logics behind these fluctuations. However, the unpredictable infrastructure also becomes a system of signs through which residents try to understand issues beyond those immediately at hand. Signals, pipes, wires and roads …
Infrastructure turned suprastructure: Unpredictable materialities and visions of a Nigerian nation
There are signs hidden in the infrastructure. In the Nigerian city of Jos, the unpredictable availability of power, fuel, water, etc. becomes a vehicle of meaning. In many settings across the globe, infrastructure is often made invisible, and the centre stage that it takes in everyday life remains unrecognized. In Jos, however, as in many African cities, the constant need to predict its flows contradicts the prefix infra (below); rather than bein…
Competing prayers: The making of a Nigerian urban landscape
While Christians are seen as aspiring to make the Nigerian city of Jos into a Christian city, Muslims are believed to be trying to turn Jos into a Muslim city. There is a struggle over the urban landscape that is being fought most significantly on the ground through attempts to erase the presence of the other — the traces of their activities — at the same time as asserting one's own. Jos's urban landscape has materialised as an intrinsic part of …
Infrastructure as a divination tool: Whispers from the grids in a Nigerian city
In the Nigerian city of Jos, everyday life is shaped by interlacing rhythms of disconnection and reconnection. Petrol, electricity, water, etc., come and go, and in order to gain access inhabitants constantly try to discern the logics behind these fluctuations. However, the unpredictable infrastructure also becomes a system of signs through which residents try to understand issues beyond those immediately at hand. Signals, pipes, wires and roads …
Infrastructure turned suprastructure: Unpredictable materialities and visions of a Nigerian nation
There are signs hidden in the infrastructure. In the Nigerian city of Jos, the unpredictable availability of power, fuel, water, etc. becomes a vehicle of meaning. In many settings across the globe, infrastructure is often made invisible, and the centre stage that it takes in everyday life remains unrecognized. In Jos, however, as in many African cities, the constant need to predict its flows contradicts the prefix infra (below); rather than bein…
Infrastructure as a divination tool: Whispers from the grids in a Nigerian city
In the Nigerian city of Jos, everyday life is shaped by interlacing rhythms of disconnection and reconnection. Petrol, electricity, water, etc., come and go, and in order to gain access inhabitants constantly try to discern the logics behind these fluctuations. However, the unpredictable infrastructure also becomes a system of signs through which residents try to understand issues beyond those immediately at hand. Signals, pipes, wires and roads …
Infrastructure turned suprastructure: Unpredictable materialities and visions of a Nigerian nation
There are signs hidden in the infrastructure. In the Nigerian city of Jos, the unpredictable availability of power, fuel, water, etc. becomes a vehicle of meaning. In many settings across the globe, infrastructure is often made invisible, and the centre stage that it takes in everyday life remains unrecognized. In Jos, however, as in many African cities, the constant need to predict its flows contradicts the prefix infra (below); rather than bein…
Competing prayers: The making of a Nigerian urban landscape
While Christians are seen as aspiring to make the Nigerian city of Jos into a Christian city, Muslims are believed to be trying to turn Jos into a Muslim city. There is a struggle over the urban landscape that is being fought most significantly on the ground through attempts to erase the presence of the other — the traces of their activities — at the same time as asserting one's own. Jos's urban landscape has materialised as an intrinsic part of …
Archaeology (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Divination (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (2 works) · Water Governance and Infrastructure (2 works)