As the scale and depth of global interconnectivity has accelerated, so too has the circulation
of knowledge and expertise. Yet, although some circulation channels remain dominant, and …

The development of post-socialist cities has emerged as a major field of study among critical
theorists from across the social sciences. Originally constructed under the dictates of central …

In this study, I examine four web memorials to explore the material construction of memory
on the internet. Using Blair's arguments about the rhetorical materiality of memorials, I seek …

The role of the home, the domestic sphere and the intimate, ethno-cultural identities that are
cultivated within it, are critical to understanding the polemical constructions of country and …

National symbols play a significant role in contemporary politics by shaping national
identities. However, national animals receive little attention in the scholarship. This paper …

The Mahaweli Development Project, Sri Lanka's largest-ever single development project,
aimed to harness the water resources of the country's longest river, the Mahaweli, and six …

Analyses of the Sri Lankan civil war (1983–2009) overwhelmingly represent it as an
ethnonationalist contest, prolonging postcolonial arguments on the creation and dissolution …

In the early 1980s, during the term of President Junius Richard Jayawardene, Sri Lanka's
administrative capital was moved to Kotte, a swampland southeast of Colombo, where the …

Abstract jats: titleAbstract</jats: title> jats: pNational symbols play a significant role in
contemporary politics by shaping national identities. However, national animals receive little …

This paper studies the twentieth century transformation of Sri Lanka's capital cities, Colombo
and Sri Jayewardenepura, and the resultant conflicts over their cultural heritage. It …