Krishantha Fedricks
Biographic Data
| ID | 251578 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Krishantha Fedricks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Krishantha |
| FAMILY NAME | Fedricks |
| SIGNATURE | FEDRICKS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colombo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Where global discourses meet local realities
Scholarly publishing in the Sinhala language (the language of the numerical majority in Sri Lanka) has "mushroomed" in the recent past. However, this rapid growth - fueled by instrumental professional needs, the mainstreaming of a metrics-based culture in the university system, and neo-liberal discourses about measurable academic productivity - we argue is of little intellectual consequence. We trace a history of how a vibrant Sinhala-language pu…
Snapshots from the Struggle, Sri Lanka April-May 2022
Reclaiming Ravana in Sri Lanka
This paper considers the appropriation of Ravana, the demon-king antagonist of the famed Ramayana epic, as a Sinhala Buddhist cultural hero in the context of twenty-first-century, post-war Sri Lanka. We highlight the irony of the recent Buddhist appropriation of Ravana as a signifier of indigeneity and sovereignty, given that he has already been employed in this capacity in the Tamil Hindu context for nearly a century. We note several convergence…
Snapshots from the Struggle, Sri Lanka April-May 2022
Reclaiming Ravana in Sri Lanka
This paper considers the appropriation of Ravana, the demon-king antagonist of the famed Ramayana epic, as a Sinhala Buddhist cultural hero in the context of twenty-first-century, post-war Sri Lanka. We highlight the irony of the recent Buddhist appropriation of Ravana as a signifier of indigeneity and sovereignty, given that he has already been employed in this capacity in the Tamil Hindu context for nearly a century. We note several convergence…
Reclaiming Ravana in Sri Lanka
This paper considers the appropriation of Ravana, the demon-king antagonist of the famed Ramayana epic, as a Sinhala Buddhist cultural hero in the context of twenty-first-century, post-war Sri Lanka. We highlight the irony of the recent Buddhist appropriation of Ravana as a signifier of indigeneity and sovereignty, given that he has already been employed in this capacity in the Tamil Hindu context for nearly a century. We note several convergence…
Snapshots from the Struggle, Sri Lanka April-May 2022
Where global discourses meet local realities
Scholarly publishing in the Sinhala language (the language of the numerical majority in Sri Lanka) has "mushroomed" in the recent past. However, this rapid growth - fueled by instrumental professional needs, the mainstreaming of a metrics-based culture in the university system, and neo-liberal discourses about measurable academic productivity - we argue is of little intellectual consequence. We trace a history of how a vibrant Sinhala-language pu…
Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (2 works) · Sri lanka (2 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Apotheosis (1 works) · Appropriation (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art (1 works)