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‘Trapped in impermanence’: Making architectural modifications to IDP camp shelters as a self-settlement strategy
Abstract
This paper is based on a longitudinal study of self-settlement strategies developed by Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), mostly fishermen from the Bakassi Peninsula in Cameroon to Yenagoa town, the capital of Bayelsa State in Nigeria. The Government of Bayelsa State moved the IDPs into a makeshift camp facility with promises of immediate permanent resettlement, in form of housing. Ten years on, and what was intended as a temporary facility to shelter the displaced fishermen, is fast becoming a permanent squatter settlement in the heart of the city, as families continually adapt the dwellings to suit their needs. This paper examines the architectural modifications that have been made to these temporary shelters over time. A combined qualitative method approach was used, including interviews, freehand drawings and photographic survey. It investigates the way alterations and extensions have been made to these shelters in chronological layers and analyses the impact on the culture, livelihood and the change influencing the layers of architectural modifications due to relocation.
