Kalinga Tudor Silva
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 606103 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kalinga Tudor Silva |
| NOMBRES | Kalinga Tudor |
| APELLIDO | Silva |
| FIRMA | SILVA K T |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Peradeniya |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9406-7166 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1991 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Hill Station Tourism, Ramayana Trail and Challenges for Upland Urbanization in Central Sri Lanka
Using a literature review, tourist arrival data, interviews with tourists and tour guides, this article examines the role of hill stations established under the British colonial regime, and the subsequent development of the Ramayana Trail promoting Indian tourism to Sri Lanka and domestic tourism within Sri Lanka. Nuwara Eliya developed as a colonial hill station with the gradual installation of required infrastructure facilities, scenic mountain…
Introduction to the Symposium on Caste in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan Diaspora, Part II
[None]
A Symposium on Caste in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan Diaspora
Introduction to symposium on Sri Lanka
Towards a Multispecies Approach to Caste in Sinhala Society
This article deploys a multispecies perspective to understand the role of human and non-human actors shaping the Sinhala caste system in Sri Lanka. Apart from human interlocutors, certain animal species (e.g. elephants, cattle and fish) and certain plant species (e.g. cinnamon, coconut and a local palm tree called kitul) are implicated in the natural resource base aligned with the Sinhala caste system. These animal and plant species are part of t…
The Covid-19 pandemic and governance dimensions of crisis response in developing countries
(Wl-4114)-Lanka’s Democratic Turn to the Left
,
Understanding social upheavals
Sociological explanations frequently serve as a counter point to popular conspiracy theories. Historically, sociology evolved as a subject that tried to prove that social reality cannot be reduced to the separate actions of the individuals who make up that society, such individual motivations or what was understood as the standard way persons think and behave in given situations being the dominant analytical frameworks in other social sciences li…
Why a proactive research culture is necessary for advancing social sciences in Sri Lanka
This editorial points to the need for developing a positive research culture for advancing social science research in Sri Lanka. This is not to say that a positive attitude towards research is absent among social scientists and the scientific community in general in Sri Lanka. On the contrary, there is an emerging recognition that social science inputs are necessary for tackling the various challenging problems facing the country today. However, …
Mobilizing Social Sciences for improved understanding of and better response to the Covid-19 pandemic
Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences (SLJSS) publishes social science articles on topics relevant to Sri Lanka in particular and South Asia in general. The journal also has a website at http://www.nsf.gov.lk
Vaccines, pandemic politics, and the global south
Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences (SLJSS) publishes social science articles on topics relevant to Sri Lanka in particular and South Asia in general. The journal also has a website at http://www.nsf.gov.lk
Nationalism, Caste-blindness and the Continuing Problems of War-Displaced Panchamars in Post-war Jaffna Society
This article tries to unpack why subaltern caste groups in Jaffna society have failed to end their displacement and move out of the IDP camps many years after the end of war between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Using both quantitative and qualitative data from the affected communities the paper argues that the interplay among ethnicity, caste and social class and ethnic-biases and caste-blindness of…
Secular State and the ‘Religious Left’
In the light of ongoing debates about secular state and religious right in India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, this article examines the intellectual contribution of Dr B. R. Ambedkar towards sustaining democracy in South Asia. His critical contributions included non-violent mobilisation of Dalits and adivasis around their human rights, identity, citizenship and religious faith. Most importantly, he argued that democratic values of equality, liberty an…
Opportunities and challenges for social sciences in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic
Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences (SLJSS) publishes social science articles on topics relevant to Sri Lanka in particular and South Asia in general. The journal also has a website at http://www.nsf.gov.lk
Kidney progression project (KiPP)
Over the last two decades, a global epidemic of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) has emerged in rural, arid, agricultural, lowland areas. Endemic regions have reported 15 to 20% prevalence among residents aged 30-60 years. CKDu is a progressive and irreversible disease resulting in renal failure and death in the absence of dialysis or a kidney transplant. While much of the research has focused on identifying etiology, this projec…
Buddhism, Social Justice and Caste
Even though Buddhism probably had some emancipatory potential for the downtrodden from its inception in the sixth century BCE, this potential gradually declined in its establishment as an ideology of the ruling dynasties largely upheld by the religious practices of the masses in ancient and medieval Ceylon. The nineteenth century Buddhist revival in Ceylon under the leadership of Anagarika Dharmapala did contain some anti-colonial tendencies, but…
Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque
International Development Policy
The rise of fundamentalist movements in major religions has forced decision-makers, development organizations and academics to turn their attention to its meaning for development. Global scholars and practitioners examine these issues and fundamentally question the secular-religious dichotomy in development discourse and practice
Caste, Ethnicity and Problems of National Identity in Sri Lanka
L'A. decrit de quelle maniere le systeme des castes et l'ethnicite affectent l'identite nationale au Sri Lanka. Il souligne que les mouvements nationalistes a caractere ethnique, dans ce pays, ont pris naissance avec la lutte contre le pouvoir colonial anglais. L'A. souligne que les cingalais, bouddhistes, et les tamouls, hindous, depuis l'accession a l'independance, s'opposent dans la conquete du pouvoir. Il analyse l'impact de l'eveil de la con…
"Public health" for whose benefit? Multiple discourses on malaria in Sri Lanka
The malaria control policies and programs that evolved in Sri Lanka from 1990 onward can be seen in the light of divergent discourses in relation to this "tropical disease" on the part of the ruling elites and scientific community, nationalist leaders, leftist activists and the peasantry in general. The "public health" concerns in malaria control were mediated and to some extent undermined by the divergent interests represented by the ruling elit…
Ayurveda, malaria and the indigenous herbal tradition in Sri Lanka
Caste, Ethnicity and Problems of National Identity in Sri Lanka
L'A. decrit de quelle maniere le systeme des castes et l'ethnicite affectent l'identite nationale au Sri Lanka. Il souligne que les mouvements nationalistes a caractere ethnique, dans ce pays, ont pris naissance avec la lutte contre le pouvoir colonial anglais. L'A. souligne que les cingalais, bouddhistes, et les tamouls, hindous, depuis l'accession a l'independance, s'opposent dans la conquete du pouvoir. Il analyse l'impact de l'eveil de la con…
"Public health" for whose benefit? Multiple discourses on malaria in Sri Lanka
The malaria control policies and programs that evolved in Sri Lanka from 1990 onward can be seen in the light of divergent discourses in relation to this "tropical disease" on the part of the ruling elites and scientific community, nationalist leaders, leftist activists and the peasantry in general. The "public health" concerns in malaria control were mediated and to some extent undermined by the divergent interests represented by the ruling elit…
Ayurveda, malaria and the indigenous herbal tradition in Sri Lanka
Ayurveda, malaria and the indigenous herbal tradition in Sri Lanka
"Public health" for whose benefit? Multiple discourses on malaria in Sri Lanka
The malaria control policies and programs that evolved in Sri Lanka from 1990 onward can be seen in the light of divergent discourses in relation to this "tropical disease" on the part of the ruling elites and scientific community, nationalist leaders, leftist activists and the peasantry in general. The "public health" concerns in malaria control were mediated and to some extent undermined by the divergent interests represented by the ruling elit…
Caste, Ethnicity and Problems of National Identity in Sri Lanka
L'A. decrit de quelle maniere le systeme des castes et l'ethnicite affectent l'identite nationale au Sri Lanka. Il souligne que les mouvements nationalistes a caractere ethnique, dans ce pays, ont pris naissance avec la lutte contre le pouvoir colonial anglais. L'A. souligne que les cingalais, bouddhistes, et les tamouls, hindous, depuis l'accession a l'independance, s'opposent dans la conquete du pouvoir. Il analyse l'impact de l'eveil de la con…
International Development Policy
The rise of fundamentalist movements in major religions has forced decision-makers, development organizations and academics to turn their attention to its meaning for development. Global scholars and practitioners examine these issues and fundamentally question the secular-religious dichotomy in development discourse and practice
Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque
Buddhism, Social Justice and Caste
Even though Buddhism probably had some emancipatory potential for the downtrodden from its inception in the sixth century BCE, this potential gradually declined in its establishment as an ideology of the ruling dynasties largely upheld by the religious practices of the masses in ancient and medieval Ceylon. The nineteenth century Buddhist revival in Ceylon under the leadership of Anagarika Dharmapala did contain some anti-colonial tendencies, but…
Kidney progression project (KiPP)
Over the last two decades, a global epidemic of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) has emerged in rural, arid, agricultural, lowland areas. Endemic regions have reported 15 to 20% prevalence among residents aged 30-60 years. CKDu is a progressive and irreversible disease resulting in renal failure and death in the absence of dialysis or a kidney transplant. While much of the research has focused on identifying etiology, this projec…
Nationalism, Caste-blindness and the Continuing Problems of War-Displaced Panchamars in Post-war Jaffna Society
This article tries to unpack why subaltern caste groups in Jaffna society have failed to end their displacement and move out of the IDP camps many years after the end of war between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Using both quantitative and qualitative data from the affected communities the paper argues that the interplay among ethnicity, caste and social class and ethnic-biases and caste-blindness of…
Secular State and the ‘Religious Left’
In the light of ongoing debates about secular state and religious right in India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, this article examines the intellectual contribution of Dr B. R. Ambedkar towards sustaining democracy in South Asia. His critical contributions included non-violent mobilisation of Dalits and adivasis around their human rights, identity, citizenship and religious faith. Most importantly, he argued that democratic values of equality, liberty an…
Opportunities and challenges for social sciences in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic
Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences (SLJSS) publishes social science articles on topics relevant to Sri Lanka in particular and South Asia in general. The journal also has a website at http://www.nsf.gov.lk
Mobilizing Social Sciences for improved understanding of and better response to the Covid-19 pandemic
Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences (SLJSS) publishes social science articles on topics relevant to Sri Lanka in particular and South Asia in general. The journal also has a website at http://www.nsf.gov.lk
Vaccines, pandemic politics, and the global south
Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences (SLJSS) publishes social science articles on topics relevant to Sri Lanka in particular and South Asia in general. The journal also has a website at http://www.nsf.gov.lk
Understanding social upheavals
Sociological explanations frequently serve as a counter point to popular conspiracy theories. Historically, sociology evolved as a subject that tried to prove that social reality cannot be reduced to the separate actions of the individuals who make up that society, such individual motivations or what was understood as the standard way persons think and behave in given situations being the dominant analytical frameworks in other social sciences li…
Why a proactive research culture is necessary for advancing social sciences in Sri Lanka
This editorial points to the need for developing a positive research culture for advancing social science research in Sri Lanka. This is not to say that a positive attitude towards research is absent among social scientists and the scientific community in general in Sri Lanka. On the contrary, there is an emerging recognition that social science inputs are necessary for tackling the various challenging problems facing the country today. However, …
Introduction to the Symposium on Caste in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan Diaspora, Part II
[None]
A Symposium on Caste in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan Diaspora
Introduction to symposium on Sri Lanka
Towards a Multispecies Approach to Caste in Sinhala Society
This article deploys a multispecies perspective to understand the role of human and non-human actors shaping the Sinhala caste system in Sri Lanka. Apart from human interlocutors, certain animal species (e.g. elephants, cattle and fish) and certain plant species (e.g. cinnamon, coconut and a local palm tree called kitul) are implicated in the natural resource base aligned with the Sinhala caste system. These animal and plant species are part of t…
The Covid-19 pandemic and governance dimensions of crisis response in developing countries
(Wl-4114)-Lanka’s Democratic Turn to the Left
,
Hill Station Tourism, Ramayana Trail and Challenges for Upland Urbanization in Central Sri Lanka
Using a literature review, tourist arrival data, interviews with tourists and tour guides, this article examines the role of hill stations established under the British colonial regime, and the subsequent development of the Ramayana Trail promoting Indian tourism to Sri Lanka and domestic tourism within Sri Lanka. Nuwara Eliya developed as a colonial hill station with the gradual installation of required infrastructure facilities, scenic mountain…
Political science (15 obras) · Sociology (14 obras) · Sri lanka (12 obras) · Law (9 obras) · Politics (8 obras) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (7 obras) · Medicine (7 obras) · Caste (6 obras) · Geography (6 obras) · South asia (6 obras)