Sasikumar Balasundaram
Biographic Data
| ID | 5624414 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sasikumar Balasundaram |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sasikumar |
| FAMILY NAME | Balasundaram |
| SIGNATURE | BALASUNDARAM S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Carolina |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Temples and deities on plantations
This chapter aims to illustrate an argument about the primary sources of day-to-day religious innovation and change in Sri Lanka’s upcountry. It argues that four primary factors influence the kind of change that so shocked our mother on that sad day when the god’s chariot did not come forth. These were the continuing role of migration in the lives of upcountry people; the complex history of change on Sri Lanka’s plantations as such; the ethnic co…
Children Matter
Children are the center of households and an integral part of communities in many cultures. For a long time, refugee populations, including their children, have been treated as a homogenized social group on the basis of displacement and vulnerabilities. This has silenced the voices of displaced children in refugee literature. Nevertheless, as children constitute around half of the world's displaced persons, it is vital to listen to their views on…
Collaborative Research on Food Security in the U.S. and Sri Lanka
The 2009 research project discussed here focused on regional experiences of global food insecurity, and linked students in South Carolina and Sri Lanka to explore a more affordable and inclusive means of transnational research collaboration. In 2008, there was a remarkable increase in food insecurity associated with the global economic crisis. The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations estimated that the number of undernourished…
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Collaborative Research on Food Security in the U.S. and Sri Lanka
The 2009 research project discussed here focused on regional experiences of global food insecurity, and linked students in South Carolina and Sri Lanka to explore a more affordable and inclusive means of transnational research collaboration. In 2008, there was a remarkable increase in food insecurity associated with the global economic crisis. The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations estimated that the number of undernourished…
Children Matter
Children are the center of households and an integral part of communities in many cultures. For a long time, refugee populations, including their children, have been treated as a homogenized social group on the basis of displacement and vulnerabilities. This has silenced the voices of displaced children in refugee literature. Nevertheless, as children constitute around half of the world's displaced persons, it is vital to listen to their views on…
Temples and deities on plantations
This chapter aims to illustrate an argument about the primary sources of day-to-day religious innovation and change in Sri Lanka’s upcountry. It argues that four primary factors influence the kind of change that so shocked our mother on that sad day when the god’s chariot did not come forth. These were the continuing role of migration in the lives of upcountry people; the complex history of change on Sri Lanka’s plantations as such; the ethnic co…
Geography (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Agricultural economics (1 work) · Agriculture (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (1 work) · Center (category theory (1 work) · Children's Rights and Participation (1 work) · Criminology (1 work) · Development economics (1 work)