Rachel Seoighe
Biographic Data
| ID | 660444 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel Seoighe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel |
| FAMILY NAME | Seoighe |
| SIGNATURE | SEOIGHE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middlesex University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2556-3590 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Reimagining Narratives of Resistance
This article explores memory-making practice in a small section of the London Tamil diaspora, the shaping and reshaping of memories of state crime and resistance, and the potential and challenges of this memory work in the context of a globalized and criminalized justice struggle. The Tamil Information Centre's “Tamils of Lanka: a Timeless Heritage” exhibition is discussed as an intervention into Tamil memory practices in London as a necessary, e…
Familiarity and strangeness
London’s Holloway Prison, the largest women’s prison in western Europe, closed in 2016. The impact of the closure on the women incarcerated in Holloway, and the prison’s place in the local community, is the focus of a project led by Islington Museum. Here, we develop an innovation, emotion-led methodology to explore photographs of the decommissioned Holloway, asking what they communicate about experiences of imprisonment and practices of punishme…
Tamil Separatism and Commemorative Practices
War, Denial and Nation-Building in Sri Lanka
Introduction Chapter One: A History of War in the Postcolonial State.- Chapter Two: The End: Atrocity in a State of Denial.- Chapter Three. Post-War Lived Experience: 'Sinhalisation'.- Chapter Four: Tamil Separatism and Commemorative Practices.- Chapter Five: Transnational Discourses of Terrorism, Humanitarianism and Sovereignty.- Chapter Six: Sri Lankan Reconciliation and the Appropriation of Transitional Justice.- Conclusion: Consolidating the …
Discourses of Victimization in Sri Lanka’s Civil War
This article explores the availability of discourses of victimhood to political actors who aim to justify violence and mass atrocity in the name of those victims. Arguing that the label of the ‘victim’ is equally available for distortion and political capitalization as the label of the ‘criminal’ or the ‘terrorist’, this article reflects on the role of the victim in violence and processes of criminalization. Examining the rhetorical tendencies an…
Nationalistic Authorship and Resistance in Northeastern Sri Lanka
Post-war Sri Lanka is defined by the logic of Sinhala-Buddhist nationalism, glorification and expansion of the military, and the exponential growth of state-corporate economic projects. This article examines the performative politics of the state in mass ritual discourse and spatial domination while acknowledging the various ways in which elements of the Northeastern Tamil community in Sri Lanka are mobilising as an activist community in the post…
Inscribing the victor's land
This article examines the nationalistic authorship of space in Sri Lanka’s post-conflict Northeast as part of the state’s nation-building strategy and as a continuation of a post-colonial process of Sinhala-Buddhist nationalistic revival. Exploring issues of historiography, conflict resolution, physical vehicles of ideology and collective memory, the article demonstrates how land policies, development and the tourism industry in a post-conflict c…
Inscribing the victor's land
This article examines the nationalistic authorship of space in Sri Lanka’s post-conflict Northeast as part of the state’s nation-building strategy and as a continuation of a post-colonial process of Sinhala-Buddhist nationalistic revival. Exploring issues of historiography, conflict resolution, physical vehicles of ideology and collective memory, the article demonstrates how land policies, development and the tourism industry in a post-conflict c…
Discourses of Victimization in Sri Lanka’s Civil War
This article explores the availability of discourses of victimhood to political actors who aim to justify violence and mass atrocity in the name of those victims. Arguing that the label of the ‘victim’ is equally available for distortion and political capitalization as the label of the ‘criminal’ or the ‘terrorist’, this article reflects on the role of the victim in violence and processes of criminalization. Examining the rhetorical tendencies an…
War, Denial and Nation-Building in Sri Lanka
Introduction Chapter One: A History of War in the Postcolonial State.- Chapter Two: The End: Atrocity in a State of Denial.- Chapter Three. Post-War Lived Experience: 'Sinhalisation'.- Chapter Four: Tamil Separatism and Commemorative Practices.- Chapter Five: Transnational Discourses of Terrorism, Humanitarianism and Sovereignty.- Chapter Six: Sri Lankan Reconciliation and the Appropriation of Transitional Justice.- Conclusion: Consolidating the …
Reimagining Narratives of Resistance
This article explores memory-making practice in a small section of the London Tamil diaspora, the shaping and reshaping of memories of state crime and resistance, and the potential and challenges of this memory work in the context of a globalized and criminalized justice struggle. The Tamil Information Centre's “Tamils of Lanka: a Timeless Heritage” exhibition is discussed as an intervention into Tamil memory practices in London as a necessary, e…
Nationalistic Authorship and Resistance in Northeastern Sri Lanka
Post-war Sri Lanka is defined by the logic of Sinhala-Buddhist nationalism, glorification and expansion of the military, and the exponential growth of state-corporate economic projects. This article examines the performative politics of the state in mass ritual discourse and spatial domination while acknowledging the various ways in which elements of the Northeastern Tamil community in Sri Lanka are mobilising as an activist community in the post…
Familiarity and strangeness
London’s Holloway Prison, the largest women’s prison in western Europe, closed in 2016. The impact of the closure on the women incarcerated in Holloway, and the prison’s place in the local community, is the focus of a project led by Islington Museum. Here, we develop an innovation, emotion-led methodology to explore photographs of the decommissioned Holloway, asking what they communicate about experiences of imprisonment and practices of punishme…
Discourses of Victimization in Sri Lanka’s Civil War
This article explores the availability of discourses of victimhood to political actors who aim to justify violence and mass atrocity in the name of those victims. Arguing that the label of the ‘victim’ is equally available for distortion and political capitalization as the label of the ‘criminal’ or the ‘terrorist’, this article reflects on the role of the victim in violence and processes of criminalization. Examining the rhetorical tendencies an…
Nationalistic Authorship and Resistance in Northeastern Sri Lanka
Post-war Sri Lanka is defined by the logic of Sinhala-Buddhist nationalism, glorification and expansion of the military, and the exponential growth of state-corporate economic projects. This article examines the performative politics of the state in mass ritual discourse and spatial domination while acknowledging the various ways in which elements of the Northeastern Tamil community in Sri Lanka are mobilising as an activist community in the post…
Inscribing the victor's land
This article examines the nationalistic authorship of space in Sri Lanka’s post-conflict Northeast as part of the state’s nation-building strategy and as a continuation of a post-colonial process of Sinhala-Buddhist nationalistic revival. Exploring issues of historiography, conflict resolution, physical vehicles of ideology and collective memory, the article demonstrates how land policies, development and the tourism industry in a post-conflict c…
Tamil Separatism and Commemorative Practices
War, Denial and Nation-Building in Sri Lanka
Introduction Chapter One: A History of War in the Postcolonial State.- Chapter Two: The End: Atrocity in a State of Denial.- Chapter Three. Post-War Lived Experience: 'Sinhalisation'.- Chapter Four: Tamil Separatism and Commemorative Practices.- Chapter Five: Transnational Discourses of Terrorism, Humanitarianism and Sovereignty.- Chapter Six: Sri Lankan Reconciliation and the Appropriation of Transitional Justice.- Conclusion: Consolidating the …
Familiarity and strangeness
London’s Holloway Prison, the largest women’s prison in western Europe, closed in 2016. The impact of the closure on the women incarcerated in Holloway, and the prison’s place in the local community, is the focus of a project led by Islington Museum. Here, we develop an innovation, emotion-led methodology to explore photographs of the decommissioned Holloway, asking what they communicate about experiences of imprisonment and practices of punishme…
Reimagining Narratives of Resistance
This article explores memory-making practice in a small section of the London Tamil diaspora, the shaping and reshaping of memories of state crime and resistance, and the potential and challenges of this memory work in the context of a globalized and criminalized justice struggle. The Tamil Information Centre's “Tamils of Lanka: a Timeless Heritage” exhibition is discussed as an intervention into Tamil memory practices in London as a necessary, e…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Tamil (5 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works)