Panuwal Volume 1

Contents of Panuwal Vol. 1, 2003

Constrictions of Identity: The Politics, the Rhetoric and the Confusions by Sasanka Perera (Translated from the English to Tamil by T. Sanaathanan)
 
God Kataragama as the Preeminent Deity of Sinhala Traders: Body Language of Sinhala Buddhist Traders by Desmond Mallikaarachchi (Translated from Sinhala to Tamil by Saminadan Wimal)

Recent Evidence of Commercial [...]

Patitha Volume 4

Contents
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 [...]

Patitha Volume 3

Contents:

 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 [...]

Patitha Volume 2

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)
 

patitha 2

Patitha Volume 1

Contents:
 
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? [...]

Alternate Discourses on Development: Monograph Series

“Development has become the grand strategy through which the transformation of the not-yet-too-rational Latin-American/Third World subjectivity is to be achieved. In this way, longstanding cultural practices and meanings – as well as the social relations in which they are embedded – are altered. The consequences of this are enormous, to the extent that the very [...]

Alternate Space: Trivial Writings of an Academic

Alternate Space: Trivial Writings of an Academic
consists of 48 essays on different aspects of Sri Lankan society, culture and politics originally written to the Sri Lankan national daily The Island under the regular column Alternate Space by Sasanka Perera between January 2002 and January 2003, and less regularly between January and May 2004.  The book [...]

Patitha Style Sheet

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

Frozen Tears: Political Violence, Women, Children and Problems of Trauma in Southern Sri Lanka

Based on extensive anthropological fieldwork in the Kandyan highlands and through a presentation of individuals’ personal narratives, this book (second edition, 2005) by Indika Bulankulame explores how individuals deal with and address a past filled with political violence and trauma with a focus on women and children (ISBN 955-1493-06-0).

 Reviews of the books:
“One of Bulankulame’s [...]