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Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance

Corridors of Power at Dhaka Art Summit 2018

Corridors of Power, the critically acclaimed collaboration between constitutional theorist Asanga Welikala, architect Channa Daswatta and the Founding Editor of Groundviews, Sanjana Hattotuwa, was invited by world renowned curator Sharmini Pereira to…

Groundviews Groundviews on 02/22/201802/22/2018
Gender, Media and Communications

#MeToo – Analysing The Conversation

Featured image courtesy The Daily Star On October 15, actress Alyssa Milano tweeted a request that inadvertently breathed new life into a movement. ‘Me Too’ was initially coined by Tarana Burke, who…

Raisa Wickrematunge Raisa Wickrematunge on 10/26/201710/26/2017
Healthcare, Issues, Media and Communications

The Reality of Suicide in Sri Lanka: Need for Data-driven analysis

Featured image courtesy Sumithrayo.org Editor’s Note: This post contains discussion on the topic of suicide. If you feel you may want to take your own life, or are concerned about someone else who…

Nalaka Gunawardene Nalaka Gunawardene on 10/06/201710/10/2017
Issues, Media and Communications, Science and Technology

#DialogDown : Tracking the Network Disruption on Twitter

Featured image courtesy Showtown Entertainment On the afternoon of September 20th, Dialog suffered disruptions to its service and network coverage for less than an hour. This affected voice, data and SMS services…

Groundviews Groundviews on 09/21/201709/21/2017
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Groundviews at 10, Identity, Jaffna, Language, Media and Communications, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation

Writing to Reconcile: A personal journey

Image from Write to Reconcile Last fall, in Toronto, I went to see a play that was written by one of the writers in this anthology, Sindhuri Nandakumar. The play was called…

Shyam Selvadurai Shyam Selvadurai on 01/25/2017
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Media and Communications, Politics and Governance

Guided Tour: ‘Corridors of Power’ at the WINGS Festival of Arts

Led by the input of Asanga Welikala and in collaboration with Channa Daswatta, ‘Corridors of Power’ through architectural drawings and models, interrogates key moments in Sri Lanka’s constitutional evolution since 1972. The…

Groundviews Groundviews on 11/05/2016
Colombo, Culture, Gender, Media and Communications

‘Let Her Cry’  is not a male fantasy on women

Photo via Fragments A university professor named Carmen Wickramagamage has written a long article to The Island  claiming that Asoka Handagama’s latest film Age Esa Aga (Let Her Cry) is a “Profoundly…

Nadie Kammallaweera Nadie Kammallaweera on 07/04/2016
Education, Media and Communications

The fruit of an ambitious social experiment – South Asian University Holds its First Convocation

Featured image courtesy South Asian University Archives, 2016 As an idea, project and dream of considerable proportions, South Asian University has been discussed for more than a decade among leading intellectuals of the region, including people like Asish Nandy of India,…

By special arrangement By special arrangement on 07/03/201607/05/2016
Issues, Media and Communications, Science and Technology

A study on Skype Chat as a tool for Public Discourse

Picture courtesy androidcentral Recently, Skype launched its new public group chat tool, which allowed even those who weren’t registered Skype users to chat with others, and for free. Around the same time,…

Groundviews Groundviews on 11/19/201511/19/2015
Culture, Features, Language, Media and Communications

Aiyo! lamented Aiya to the Adigar

Picture courtesy Thuppahi Work on the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has been underway since the turn of the century, but will not be finished for another decade or…

Richard Boyle Richard Boyle on 11/09/201511/09/2015
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Development, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict

The Journey of Content: Instagram Unplugged IRL

We are discussing a photograph. It was taken by the camera of a smartphone. It has been viewed by thousands, engaged with by hundreds, and is now being exhibited at the Saskia…

Imaad Majeed Imaad Majeed on 11/06/2014
Colombo, Media and Communications, Science and Technology

In conversation with Harsha Purasinghe: Tech entrepreneurship and innovation in Sri Lanka

Both the LinkedIn and Twitter profiles of Harsha Purasinghe note that he is Founder & CEO of Microimage, Microimage Mobile Media and WSO2 Mobile. He is in short a serial technology entrepreneur…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/15/2013
Colombo, Identity, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

The Fashion Bug case: A turning point for Muslim rights in Sri Lanka

Buddhist monks on the rampage at Fashion Bug as Police just look The judicial case related to the violent attack on Muslim owned Fashion Bug head office and warehouse in Pepiliyana, 10…

Sunanda Deshapriya Sunanda Deshapriya on 04/09/201304/08/2013
Colombo, Features, Human Security, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict

Black January: Ceaseless media suppression in Sri Lanka, with total impunity

Image via RNW The month of January is coming to an end and yet again it has been filled with a number of major attacks on media freedom in Sri Lanka. For…

Sunanda Deshapriya Sunanda Deshapriya on 01/28/201301/29/2013
Colombo, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War

Post-war Sri Lanka’s media landscape: In conversation with Frederica Jansz

Before she was forced to flee Sri Lanka, before the Sunday Leader started to edit submissions by long-standing and senior columnists critical of government and in particular, the ruling family and before…

Groundviews Groundviews on 11/06/201211/06/2012

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