Sandunika Hasangani
Biographic Data
| ID | 4098728 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandunika Hasangani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandunika |
| FAMILY NAME | Hasangani |
| SIGNATURE | HASANGANI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colombo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9024-1611 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Prospects for Ethnic Harmony in Post-GoHomeGota Protest in Sri Lanka
In early 2022, in the wake of the state collapse in Sri Lanka (due to a severe economic meltdown with near-political anarchy), we observed an extraordinary ambience of ethnic tolerance and togetherness among masses gathered under the slogan #GoHomeGota to protest the corrupt regime. The nexus between state collapse and ethnic identity construction is puzzling. Does state collapse facilitate the disintegration of ethnic attributes? To find answers…
A Material Inquiry into Paths of Peaceful Co-Existence and Interethnic Harmony in Late Antiquity in Sri Lanka
This research paper explores how the ancient Silk Road facilitated cultivating a culture of accommodation, tolerance, and peaceful co-existence in Sri Lanka via the foreign medical practice of Unani, which was introduced by the Arab merchants, in the first century B.C. Since the 1960s, Unani has been integrated as one of the four pillars of Sri Lanka's traditional medicine. This indigenization process of a foreign medicinal practice in a nation w…
Virtual Ethnicity? The Visual Construction of ‘Sinhalaness’ on Social Media in Sri Lanka
Developed ostensibly to enhance social interaction, social media has become a powerful tool of pedagogy, cognition and politics. Visual content is particularly powerful since it is processed quicker than text, generating immediate emotional responses and a higher degree of memorability. This study looks at the way ‘Sinhalaness’ has been visually portrayed on social media by Sinhalese users by analysing a body of visual artefacts publicly posted o…
Religious Identification on Facebook Visuals and (Online) Out-group Intolerance
Following several online and offline ethno-religious tensions in 2018 and 2019, social media (Facebook in particular) has become one of the scapegoats for instigating ethnic intolerance in Sri Lanka. Conjecture suggests that increased religious commitment and frequently shared religious expressions on social media are responsible for provoking ethnic intolerance. Against that backdrop, the present study investigates to what extent Facebook graphi…
Covid-19 and India’s withering pandemic diplomacy
COVID-19 and India’s withering pandemic diplomacy." The Round Table, 110(4), pp. 512–513 Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s)
Religious Identification on Facebook Visuals and (Online) Out-group Intolerance
Following several online and offline ethno-religious tensions in 2018 and 2019, social media (Facebook in particular) has become one of the scapegoats for instigating ethnic intolerance in Sri Lanka. Conjecture suggests that increased religious commitment and frequently shared religious expressions on social media are responsible for provoking ethnic intolerance. Against that backdrop, the present study investigates to what extent Facebook graphi…
Covid-19 and India’s withering pandemic diplomacy
COVID-19 and India’s withering pandemic diplomacy." The Round Table, 110(4), pp. 512–513 Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s)
Virtual Ethnicity? The Visual Construction of ‘Sinhalaness’ on Social Media in Sri Lanka
Developed ostensibly to enhance social interaction, social media has become a powerful tool of pedagogy, cognition and politics. Visual content is particularly powerful since it is processed quicker than text, generating immediate emotional responses and a higher degree of memorability. This study looks at the way ‘Sinhalaness’ has been visually portrayed on social media by Sinhalese users by analysing a body of visual artefacts publicly posted o…
Religious Identification on Facebook Visuals and (Online) Out-group Intolerance
Following several online and offline ethno-religious tensions in 2018 and 2019, social media (Facebook in particular) has become one of the scapegoats for instigating ethnic intolerance in Sri Lanka. Conjecture suggests that increased religious commitment and frequently shared religious expressions on social media are responsible for provoking ethnic intolerance. Against that backdrop, the present study investigates to what extent Facebook graphi…
Prospects for Ethnic Harmony in Post-GoHomeGota Protest in Sri Lanka
In early 2022, in the wake of the state collapse in Sri Lanka (due to a severe economic meltdown with near-political anarchy), we observed an extraordinary ambience of ethnic tolerance and togetherness among masses gathered under the slogan #GoHomeGota to protest the corrupt regime. The nexus between state collapse and ethnic identity construction is puzzling. Does state collapse facilitate the disintegration of ethnic attributes? To find answers…
A Material Inquiry into Paths of Peaceful Co-Existence and Interethnic Harmony in Late Antiquity in Sri Lanka
This research paper explores how the ancient Silk Road facilitated cultivating a culture of accommodation, tolerance, and peaceful co-existence in Sri Lanka via the foreign medical practice of Unani, which was introduced by the Arab merchants, in the first century B.C. Since the 1960s, Unani has been integrated as one of the four pillars of Sri Lanka's traditional medicine. This indigenization process of a foreign medicinal practice in a nation w…
Political science (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · South asia (4 works) · Sri lanka (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Ethnic group (3 works) · Buddhism (2 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (2 works) · Geography (2 works)