This paper is concerned with the indigenisation of Colombo and the transformation of the
city from an exclusive domain of colonial power to a milieu which supported Ceylonese …

Over the last three decades, our understanding of the city worldwide has been
revolutionized by three innovative theoretical concepts–globalisation, postcolonialism and a …

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corporations, institutions, and individuals have great power to create physical and political space …

In between and besides official plan-making, ordinary people produce more quantity and
variety of spaces than the authorities and professionals. They both adapt to and adjust …

While there is no lack of studies on Asian cities, the majority focus on financial districts,
poverty, the slum, tradition, tourism, and pollution, and use the modern, affluent, and …

The way that the Sri Lankan separatist struggle is conceived, discussed and acted upon by
the main parties has constructed an understanding of Sri Lankan society and geography in …

This chapter presents a survey of the state of authoritarian politics in Sri Lanka, with a cross-
cutting examination of how gender intersects with authoritarianism. It examines the colonial …

Taking space and its transformations as a political text, this article looks into the dynamics of
inclusion and exclusion as well as the manner in which space is implicated in memory. It …

Behind this project were the most challenging years of my life. This thesis was developed as
I grew into a politically and socially conscious person. The iconic guidance behind this …

Accounts of travel to Sri Lanka published during the period of British conquest (1796 through
1818) reveal a consistent yet problematic tendency: despite ongoing military conflict, visual …