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Department of Sociology

Faculty of Arts - University of Peradeniya

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology


On Mundukondapola: Resurrecting the History of a Defunct Kingdom

Gananath Obeyesekere

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2019

classical texts, history, defunct kingdom, Mundukondapola

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The Postcolonial State, Power Politics and Indigenous Development as a Discourse of Power in Sri Lanka

Nalani M. Hennayake

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2019

postcolonial state, power politics, indigenous development,discourse of power

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Academic Dependency on Western Disciplinary Knowledge and Captive Mind among South Asian Sociologists: A Critique

Siri Gamage

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2019

academic dependency, western knowledge, South Asian sociologists, colonial period

Department of Sociology

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Sacred Sites, Humanitarian Assistance and the Politics of Land Grabbing in Eastern Sri Lanka: the Case of Deegavapi

Kalinga Tudor Silva & Shahul H. Hasbullah

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2019

sacred sites, humanitarian assistance, politics, land grabbing, Eastern Sri Lanka

Department of Sociology

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The Discourse of ‘Slum-Free’ City: A Critical Review of the Project of City Beautification in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Susantha Rasnayake

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2019

discourses, resettlement, city beautification, slum clearance, displacement, eviction

Department of Sociology

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A Brief Conceptual Analysis on Conflict Induced Internal Displacement, Return and Resettlement

Shantha Wanninayake

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2019

conflict induced, internal displacement, return, resettlement

Department of Sociology

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Negotiating the Sri Lankan Muslim Identity through Choice of Clothing: Emerging Trends and Tensions

M.I. Mohamed Thowfeek

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2019

Muslim, identity, Moor, Islam

Department of Sociology

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Neither Theirs nor Ours but Ours within Theirs – A versatile model of professional social work practice in Sri Lanka

Sarathchandra Gamlath

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2019

social work, contextual specific universal, local, community cultures, versatile practice

Department of Sociology

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Encountering negativity: From the Frankfurt School to the Ljubljana School of Psychoanalysis

Saman Pushpakumara

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2022

negativity, Frankfurt School, Ljubljana School, Hegelian dialectics, Marxism and Freudian Psychoanalysis

Department of Sociology

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Imagining National Identity in Everyday Discourse: Reflections on Political Cartoons in Sri Lanka between 2005 and 2006

Thamali N. Kithsiri and Nalani M. Hennayake

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2022

political cartoons; national identity; personification; satakaya

Department of Sociology

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Living with Multi-ethnic Neighbours: A Story of Everyday Strategies of Negotiating Politicised Ethnoreligious Identities in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Anton Piyarathne

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2022

multi-ethnic neighbourhood, commongrounds, everyday urban lives, politicised ethnoreligious identities, Sri Lanka, Colombo

Department of Sociology

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Place Nomenclature through the Historical-Geographical Method: From the City of Mahabali to a World Heritage City, Mahanuwara

Sunanda Premasiri

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2022

Historical-geographical method, Interdisciplinary Category, Comparison, Modern Context, Origin

Department of Sociology

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Modernization, ‘New aging’ and Successful Aging Experiences of Sinhalese Senior Citizens

Welgama, W.M.J

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2022

Successful aging, Elderly, Modernization, New aging, Sinhalese

Department of Sociology

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Hopping onto the bandwagon of tourism: why institutions matter to achieve economic growth through tourism

Poornika Kumari Seelagama

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2022

Tourism, Development, Institutions

Department of Sociology

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Hybridization and Creolization of the Culture of Indigenous People: A Study of the coastal Indigenous people in Vaharei, Batticaloa

A.M.A.S Gunasekara and H.L.S. De Zoysa

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2022

Indigenous people, Culture, Discrimination, Cultural hybridization, Cultural creolization, Identity

Department of Sociology

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Decolonization, Development and Disease: A Social History of Malaria in Sri Lanka (Book Review)

Dhammika Herath

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2022

Department of Sociology

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