Kaushalya Perera
Biographic Data
| ID | 341276 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kaushalya Perera |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kaushalya |
| FAMILY NAME | Perera |
| SIGNATURE | PERERA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colombo |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6814-2265 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Screens and clouds
This article reviews methodological changes made to a qualitative study on the digital literacy practices of a toddler (starting from 1 year and 9 months). The catalyst for these changes was the Covid19 pandemic as experienced in Sri Lanka which led to the exploration of some important questions related to research methodology and ethics. Due to the pandemic, data was collected and conveyed entirely through digital means. Using field notes from t…
Presenting future brides
Publishing matrimonial advertisements in newspapers is a popular method used to seek and locate potential marriage partners in Sri Lanka. This article focuses on English-language matrimonials published by or on behalf of aspiring brides. Advertisers typically seek compatibility in aspects such as ethnicity, religion, and caste, along with social class as a factor that is implicitly signalled through educational and professional qualifications, em…
Sybil and the screen
Across the world, more and more children are introduced to digital literacy alongside print literacy. In many settings, children are initiated to literacy by their families prior to formal education, and emergent research shows that children’s awareness and learning of digital literacy begins in family settings. Yet, there is little awareness of digital literacy practices in children before they enter pre-school. There is also a need for research…
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…
Narratives of privatization
The neoliberal university which we inhabit is usually discussed in terms of policies, regulations and governing practices. Yet, academic life is steeped in affect. To illustrate that our political positions are imbued with and arise from affective positions, I present three stories of academics from public universities in Sri Lanka. These stories illustrate the discourses, affective attachments, disenchantments and legitimizations through which i…
Interviewing academic elites
In interviews with privileged individuals such as academics, power relations become particularly salient and explicit. Investigating how shifts in power relations are manifested in the interview allows us to understand the workings of power in academia as well as in the research process. This article presents a close analysis of selected segments of interviews with academics in elite positions to illustrate this. Comparisons between collaborative…
The interview as an opportunity for participant reflexivity
This article illustrates participant reflexivity in an interview. Even though scholars have called for 'a consideration of real-time reflexivity as a means of reconfiguring the participant within epistemological research debates' (Riach, 2009: 366) illustrations of real-time reflexivity are hard to locate in literature. Most accounts of reflexivity focus on the researcher, and are generally post-research reflections on the research process. This …
‘Cracking a Strange Veiled Code’
Memoirs and autobiographical writing on language learning provide perspectives on migration and residence in North America and Europe for the most part, where struggle and loss are some of the recurrent themes (Aneta Pavlenko 2001a; Besemeres 2004; Kinginger 2004a). An unaddressed aspect of foreign language learning remains the ‘reverse’ experience of individuals from these regions learning languages of other regions. The aim is to provide an acc…
The Securitization of Language Education
This Forum article is a contribution to the development of a securitization perspective on language education. We construe securitization of applied linguistics as the tendency to align national goals for language education, including Teaching English as a Second or Other Language (TESOL) and foreign languages, with broader national and security agendas. Keeping in mind the impact of the World Wars I and II on securitizing language education, we …
High-focus and time-immediate indexicals
Postcolonial Identity of Sri Lankan English. Manique Gunesekera
The interview as an opportunity for participant reflexivity
This article illustrates participant reflexivity in an interview. Even though scholars have called for 'a consideration of real-time reflexivity as a means of reconfiguring the participant within epistemological research debates' (Riach, 2009: 366) illustrations of real-time reflexivity are hard to locate in literature. Most accounts of reflexivity focus on the researcher, and are generally post-research reflections on the research process. This …
Interviewing academic elites
In interviews with privileged individuals such as academics, power relations become particularly salient and explicit. Investigating how shifts in power relations are manifested in the interview allows us to understand the workings of power in academia as well as in the research process. This article presents a close analysis of selected segments of interviews with academics in elite positions to illustrate this. Comparisons between collaborative…
Postcolonial Identity of Sri Lankan English. Manique Gunesekera
High-focus and time-immediate indexicals
‘Cracking a Strange Veiled Code’
Memoirs and autobiographical writing on language learning provide perspectives on migration and residence in North America and Europe for the most part, where struggle and loss are some of the recurrent themes (Aneta Pavlenko 2001a; Besemeres 2004; Kinginger 2004a). An unaddressed aspect of foreign language learning remains the ‘reverse’ experience of individuals from these regions learning languages of other regions. The aim is to provide an acc…
The Securitization of Language Education
This Forum article is a contribution to the development of a securitization perspective on language education. We construe securitization of applied linguistics as the tendency to align national goals for language education, including Teaching English as a Second or Other Language (TESOL) and foreign languages, with broader national and security agendas. Keeping in mind the impact of the World Wars I and II on securitizing language education, we …
The interview as an opportunity for participant reflexivity
This article illustrates participant reflexivity in an interview. Even though scholars have called for 'a consideration of real-time reflexivity as a means of reconfiguring the participant within epistemological research debates' (Riach, 2009: 366) illustrations of real-time reflexivity are hard to locate in literature. Most accounts of reflexivity focus on the researcher, and are generally post-research reflections on the research process. This …
Interviewing academic elites
In interviews with privileged individuals such as academics, power relations become particularly salient and explicit. Investigating how shifts in power relations are manifested in the interview allows us to understand the workings of power in academia as well as in the research process. This article presents a close analysis of selected segments of interviews with academics in elite positions to illustrate this. Comparisons between collaborative…
Narratives of privatization
The neoliberal university which we inhabit is usually discussed in terms of policies, regulations and governing practices. Yet, academic life is steeped in affect. To illustrate that our political positions are imbued with and arise from affective positions, I present three stories of academics from public universities in Sri Lanka. These stories illustrate the discourses, affective attachments, disenchantments and legitimizations through which i…
Sybil and the screen
Across the world, more and more children are introduced to digital literacy alongside print literacy. In many settings, children are initiated to literacy by their families prior to formal education, and emergent research shows that children’s awareness and learning of digital literacy begins in family settings. Yet, there is little awareness of digital literacy practices in children before they enter pre-school. There is also a need for research…
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…
Presenting future brides
Publishing matrimonial advertisements in newspapers is a popular method used to seek and locate potential marriage partners in Sri Lanka. This article focuses on English-language matrimonials published by or on behalf of aspiring brides. Advertisers typically seek compatibility in aspects such as ethnicity, religion, and caste, along with social class as a factor that is implicitly signalled through educational and professional qualifications, em…
Screens and clouds
This article reviews methodological changes made to a qualitative study on the digital literacy practices of a toddler (starting from 1 year and 9 months). The catalyst for these changes was the Covid19 pandemic as experienced in Sri Lanka which led to the exploration of some important questions related to research methodology and ethics. Due to the pandemic, data was collected and conveyed entirely through digital means. Using field notes from t…
Sociology (10 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Literacy (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)