Basics in photography and script writing

After the sessions on photography by Jagath Pathirage, all the participants were given a package of literature consisting of the introduction to photography illustrated presentation that was used for the course compiled by Waruni Anuruddhika.

In addition, ten copies of extra reading material on photography compiled specially for the course and two copies of a book [...]

Weaving their story

The second workshop in the series was conducted on April 5th and 6th 2008. The focus of this workshop was the creation of a story on the basis of the photos the students had taken over the previous month. Much of the images had to do with their life experiences in the adjacent Mahaweli resettlement [...]

Class and Space in Colombo: The Colonial Constructions of an Urban Perception

The first was Nihal Perera’s (Associate Professor of Urban Planning, Ball State University) illustrated talk in English titled ‘Class and Space in Colombo: The Colonial Constructions of an Urban Perception.’ It was delivered on March 27. This presentation attempted to narrate how the introduction of the Housing Ordinance of 1915 in Colombo led to the [...]

The group of young people…

Since these preliminary events and after an initial survey trip to Dambana in February 2008, Colombo Institute received permission from the Adi Vasi community leaders, particularly from its Chief Vanniyeletto to carry out the program in the community. The Colombo Institute organized its first full session on basics of photography and an introduction to scriptwriting [...]