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Patitha Volume 6

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The latest volume of the Sinhala journal Patitha is now available.

Contents:

1. The Poetics of Identity: Bakhtin’s Chronotope and the Tamil Concept of Tinai’ by Rudramurthi Cheran (Translated from English into Sinhala by Sasanka Perera)

2. ‘Problems of Ceylon History’ and the ‘Fear of History’ by Sudharshan Senevirthne (Translated into Sinhala from English by Samudrika Sylva)

3. The Impact of the Expansion of Evangelical Christian Religiosity towards the Transformation of Tamil Hindu Identity in the Ja Ela Area by Anushka Kahandaga (Original Sinhala language essay)

Patitha Volume 5

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Patitha Volume 5

Contents:

Desire in Crisis: A Queer Reading of Male Intimacies in Cinema

T. Muraleedharan

The Politics of Art

Nikos Papastergiadis

Treatment Seeking Behavior: An Initial Reading on the Relevance of Socio Cultural Systems and Limitations of Medical Approaches

Chandani Liyanage

Photo Essay

Glocal-Cola: Visual Communications of Coca Cola in India as a Site of Mediation between Global and Local Factors

Meena Kadri

Patitha Volume 4

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Contents

Patitha Volume 4

Bawa and Beyond: Reading the Tropical Modern Architecture of Sri Lanka by Tariq Jazeel (Translated from English to Sinhala by Samudrika Sylva)

An Introduction to the Post Colonial Discourse by Jagath Pathirage (Original Sinhala language essay)

Housing Complexes as Packaged Fantasies: Politics of Placelessness and the Standardization of Taste by Sasanka Perera (Translated from English to Sinhala by Sasanka Perera and Chandra Lekamarchchi)

Orality, Inscription and the Emergence of a New Lore by Roma Chatterji (Translated from English to Sinhala by Harindra Dassanayake)

Patitha Volume 3

ci — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:24:16 +0000

Contents:

Patitha Volume 3

The Savage Appetite: Cannibal Talk in the South Seas of the European Imagination by Gananath Obeyesekere (Translated from English to Sinhala by Harindra Dassanayake)
An Introduction to the Post Colonial Discourse by Jagath Pathirage (Original Sinhala language essay)
Ideology and Iconography: Arumgam Navalar as the Fifth Guravar (teacher) by Pakkianadan Ahilan (Translated from Tamil to Sinhala by Saminadan Wimal)
The Uneasy Dialogue: Victorian Manliness and Local Codes of Masculinity in Sinhala Discourse by Jani de Silva (Translated from English to Sinhala by Samudrika Sylva)
The Return of Keppetipola’s Cranium: Constructing the Authenticity of Sri Lankan Nationalism by Nira Wickramasinghe (Translated from English to Sinhala by Krishantha Fredricks)

Patitha Volume 2

ci — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:19:58 +0000

Contents:

Building on Disappearance: Hong Kong Architecture and Colonial Space by Akbar Abbas (translated from English to Sinhala by Harindra Dassanayake)

Indigenizing the Colonial City: Late 19th Century Colombo and its Landscape by Nihal Perera (translated from English to Sinhala by Harindra Dassanayake)

Magic Realism as a Post-Realism by Liyanage Amarakeerthi (Original Sinhala language essay)

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Patitha Volume 1

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Contents:

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Eastman Colored Gods of Jaffna: A Socio-Political Reading of the Mural History of Jaffna by T. Sanaathanan (translated from Tamil to Sinhala by Saminadan Wimal)

Mapping Violent Narratives: War Memorials in Dhaka and the their Embodied Memories by Nayanika Mukerjee (translated from English to Sinhala by Jagath Pathirage)

Shopping Malls: Cathedrals of Consumption or Symbols of Hyper-reality? by Sasanka Perera (Original Sinhala language essay)

The Killing of the Author by Post-Modernists by Desmond Mallikaarachchi (Original Sinhala language essay)

Patitha Style Sheet

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This style sheet was specially formulated as a writing guide for the journal Patitha and incorporates advice on general stylistic matters as well as reference and bibliographic conventions. In designing this document, attention was paid to its potential as a general text for undergraduates who might require guidance for their dissertations. As such, it contains additional information beyond the immediate requirements of the journal. (ISBN 955-1493-01-X).

Patitha Style Guide by Chandra Lekamarachchi

Patitha English – Sinhala, Sinhala – English Glossary of Technical Terms

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Patitha Sinhala-English, English-Sinhala Glossary edited by Sasanka Perera and Harindra Dassanayake

Glossaries of technical words are crucial in standardizing language in situations where original writings on significant disciplinary areas are scarce in local languages and the need for translations is great. Sri Lanka is one such place. The main responsibility for glossary compilation of the country has been historically borne by two state agencies, the Department of Official Languages and the Department of Text Publication. However, their work has been slowed down in recent times. It is in this context that the Patitha English – Sinhala, Sinhala – English Glossary of Technical Terms for the social sceinces and cultural studies (ISBN 955-1493-00-1) was published in 2006. It is edited and compiled by Sasanka Perera and Harindra Dassanayake.

It stems from the work of the Colombo Institute’s annual refereed journal Patitha that contained a similar glossary from the second volume onwards in response to requests made by readers after reading the first volume. The present glossary is an expansion of this initial effort, which the institute considers an incomplete and ongoing effort as well as a collective social enterprise. The Institute considers this an initial effort that needs further expansion in the future. A trilingual expanded edition of this glossary is a project that the Institute would like to embark upon once funds are raised.