Hasini Lecamwasam
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 905633 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Hasini Lecamwasam |
| NOMBRES | Hasini |
| APELLIDO | Lecamwasam |
| FIRMA | LECAMWASAM H |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Peradeniya |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 3 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 0 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 3 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2022 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
The Political Economy of the Rise and Fall of Brassware
Through the case of brassware producers in Gadaladeniya, Sri Lanka, I show that nationalism is not a tide that lifts all boats equally, even when some boats are supposed to be lifted so. Building upon qualitative fieldwork carried out intermittently from February to December 2023, I argue, first, that the complex effects of democratisation may have non-linear offshoots such as the disintegration of a traditionally marginalised caste community, ra…
Contradictions in Nation-Building
The evolution of the ‘Kandyans’ of Sri Lanka, now considered a (culturally distinct) part of the country’s Sinhala majority, presents an intriguing puzzle. Even though they currently very much identify with the nationalist imagination and unitary state project of the greater Sinhala collectivity, they were historically the first in the island to forward a federal demand. As such, inquiring into how the Kandyans found it possible to integrate, pol…
Conversations in a Time of Crisis
Kuppi in Sinhala and Tamil refers to a small oil lamp, a vial. On university campuses in Sri Lanka, kuppi is the figurative term for a student-led informal study group led by a "smarter" or senior student. Informed by the complexities of university life, kuppi signifies a politics and pedagogy happening on the margins of the lecture hall. It parodies, subverts, and simultaneously reaffirms social hierarchies. Drawing upon this conceit, a group of…
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Conversations in a Time of Crisis
Kuppi in Sinhala and Tamil refers to a small oil lamp, a vial. On university campuses in Sri Lanka, kuppi is the figurative term for a student-led informal study group led by a "smarter" or senior student. Informed by the complexities of university life, kuppi signifies a politics and pedagogy happening on the margins of the lecture hall. It parodies, subverts, and simultaneously reaffirms social hierarchies. Drawing upon this conceit, a group of…
Contradictions in Nation-Building
The evolution of the ‘Kandyans’ of Sri Lanka, now considered a (culturally distinct) part of the country’s Sinhala majority, presents an intriguing puzzle. Even though they currently very much identify with the nationalist imagination and unitary state project of the greater Sinhala collectivity, they were historically the first in the island to forward a federal demand. As such, inquiring into how the Kandyans found it possible to integrate, pol…
The Political Economy of the Rise and Fall of Brassware
Through the case of brassware producers in Gadaladeniya, Sri Lanka, I show that nationalism is not a tide that lifts all boats equally, even when some boats are supposed to be lifted so. Building upon qualitative fieldwork carried out intermittently from February to December 2023, I argue, first, that the complex effects of democratisation may have non-linear offshoots such as the disintegration of a traditionally marginalised caste community, ra…
Politics (2 obras) · Aesthetics (1 obra) · Agriculture, Water, and Health (1 obra) · Archaeology (1 obra) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (1 obra) · Asian Studies and History (1 obra) · Buddhism (1 obra) · Critical Theory and Political Philosophy (1 obra) · Gender Studies (1 obra) · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (1 obra)