Radhika Hettiarachchi
Biographic Data
| ID | 4970041 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Radhika Hettiarachchi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Radhika |
| FAMILY NAME | Hettiarachchi |
| SIGNATURE | HETTIARACHCHI R |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Centre for Ethnic Studies |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-9619-5982 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Agentive minorities: Place-memory, identity and ontological security in post-war Sri Lanka
Memoryscapes: The Evolution of Sri Lanka’s Aragala Bhoomiya as a People’s Space of Protest
The ‘aragalaya’ or the ‘people’s struggle’ was perhaps one of the most important and successful movements of Sri Lanka’s long history of democracy. In 2015, democracy prevailed, unexpectedly and against all odds, when Sri Lankans, unsatisfied with their political representation, ‘voted out’ a government. In 2022, just as unexpectedly and for the first time in its history, the people of Sri Lanka ousted a government through mass protest and uprisi…
In search of consent: Agency, audience and identity in memory activism
The article presents a public history practitioner’s perspective on memory activism, critically engaging with the experiences and lessons learned in the implementation of two public history projects in Sri Lanka – the Herstories Project and the Community Memorialisation Project. It draws on personal reflections and observations made while returning to some of the women participants to renew their consent for a new public iteration of their narrat…
Valuing the 'neighbourhood: Responding to Racialised Post-War Development in Slave Island, Colombo
This article explores how Slave Island, a neighbourhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka, responds to upheaval in a context of post-war urban transformation that masks undertones of racialisation. Through life histories of Slave Island’s multigenerational residents, we offer fresh insights into how communities navigate the uncertainty and disruption of evictions, where besides material and economic infrastructure, communities repurpose differences and commo…
Identity, Memory, and the Transitional Landscape: Public History in the Context of Transitional Justice
This special issue explores the intersection between transitional justice and public history. It presents some of the key claims, concerns, and debates within the field. As a key component of the “reparations pillar” within the transitional justice milieu, critiques of the concept of memorialization as public history are reviewed from both academia and field examples. Particular attention is paid to current debates within the field on truth-telli…
Valuing the 'neighbourhood: Responding to Racialised Post-War Development in Slave Island, Colombo
This article explores how Slave Island, a neighbourhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka, responds to upheaval in a context of post-war urban transformation that masks undertones of racialisation. Through life histories of Slave Island’s multigenerational residents, we offer fresh insights into how communities navigate the uncertainty and disruption of evictions, where besides material and economic infrastructure, communities repurpose differences and commo…
Identity, Memory, and the Transitional Landscape: Public History in the Context of Transitional Justice
This special issue explores the intersection between transitional justice and public history. It presents some of the key claims, concerns, and debates within the field. As a key component of the “reparations pillar” within the transitional justice milieu, critiques of the concept of memorialization as public history are reviewed from both academia and field examples. Particular attention is paid to current debates within the field on truth-telli…
Memoryscapes: The Evolution of Sri Lanka’s Aragala Bhoomiya as a People’s Space of Protest
The ‘aragalaya’ or the ‘people’s struggle’ was perhaps one of the most important and successful movements of Sri Lanka’s long history of democracy. In 2015, democracy prevailed, unexpectedly and against all odds, when Sri Lankans, unsatisfied with their political representation, ‘voted out’ a government. In 2022, just as unexpectedly and for the first time in its history, the people of Sri Lanka ousted a government through mass protest and uprisi…
In search of consent: Agency, audience and identity in memory activism
The article presents a public history practitioner’s perspective on memory activism, critically engaging with the experiences and lessons learned in the implementation of two public history projects in Sri Lanka – the Herstories Project and the Community Memorialisation Project. It draws on personal reflections and observations made while returning to some of the women participants to renew their consent for a new public iteration of their narrat…
Valuing the 'neighbourhood: Responding to Racialised Post-War Development in Slave Island, Colombo
This article explores how Slave Island, a neighbourhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka, responds to upheaval in a context of post-war urban transformation that masks undertones of racialisation. Through life histories of Slave Island’s multigenerational residents, we offer fresh insights into how communities navigate the uncertainty and disruption of evictions, where besides material and economic infrastructure, communities repurpose differences and commo…
Agentive minorities: Place-memory, identity and ontological security in post-war Sri Lanka
Sociology (4 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Agency (philosophy (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Identity (music (2 works)