Gauthami Kamalika Jayathilaka
Biographic Data
| ID | 806427 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gauthami Kamalika Jayathilaka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gauthami Kamalika |
| FAMILY NAME | Jayathilaka |
| SIGNATURE | JAYATHILAKA G K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2078-5127 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
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The Worldmaking Agency of the Sri Lankan Travel Vloggers
This article presents an examination of the significant worldmaking role of emerging Sri Lankan travel vloggers and its underlying sociotechnical implications, presented through a case study of Trip Pisso : a popular YouTube channel by young Sri Lankan professionals who travel for pleasure. They share their experiences of reaching somewhat difficult-to-reach destinations, helping the disadvantaged, and offering digital access via advanced technol…
The Worldmaking Agency of the Sri Lankan Travel Blogger
This article presents a scrutiny of the powerful "worldmaking" role performed by English language travel writers in the context of Sri Lanka. It critically positions travel representations as a crucial means of knowledge production that shapes the way Sri Lanka is known and experienced. In that, it examines an emerging version of the country produced by young Sri Lankan travel bloggers through their employment of an "activist gaze" alongside the …
Twenty first-century tourism representations of Sri Lanka: Exploring the Worldmaking Role and Implications of Local Tourism Writers
This paper engages in an empirical examination of the construction of postcolonial Sri Lanka by the field of tourism and the role and identity of local travel writers within this process. As such, it examines the significance of the writers’ identities to the constructed representations. I demonstrate how these writers have been socialised/indoctrinated into the practice of world citizenship, its institutions and its norms/ethics. Most significan…
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The Worldmaking Agency of the Sri Lankan Travel Blogger
This article presents a scrutiny of the powerful "worldmaking" role performed by English language travel writers in the context of Sri Lanka. It critically positions travel representations as a crucial means of knowledge production that shapes the way Sri Lanka is known and experienced. In that, it examines an emerging version of the country produced by young Sri Lankan travel bloggers through their employment of an "activist gaze" alongside the …
Twenty first-century tourism representations of Sri Lanka: Exploring the Worldmaking Role and Implications of Local Tourism Writers
This paper engages in an empirical examination of the construction of postcolonial Sri Lanka by the field of tourism and the role and identity of local travel writers within this process. As such, it examines the significance of the writers’ identities to the constructed representations. I demonstrate how these writers have been socialised/indoctrinated into the practice of world citizenship, its institutions and its norms/ethics. Most significan…
Tribute to an Inspirational Scholar
The Worldmaking Agency of the Sri Lankan Travel Vloggers
This article presents an examination of the significant worldmaking role of emerging Sri Lankan travel vloggers and its underlying sociotechnical implications, presented through a case study of Trip Pisso : a popular YouTube channel by young Sri Lankan professionals who travel for pleasure. They share their experiences of reaching somewhat difficult-to-reach destinations, helping the disadvantaged, and offering digital access via advanced technol…
Cultural capital (2 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Scrutiny (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Tourism (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 works)