TALK "Ways of Seeing Sri Lanka in the times of Warzone Tourism" at Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 5:30pm on 13th January 2017

Time : 5:30 pm Add to Calendar 13/01/2017 17:30 13/01/2017 19:00 Asia/Kolkata TALK "Ways of Seeing Sri Lanka in the times of Warzone Tourism" Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/01/talk-ways-of-seeing-sri-lanka-in-times.html Seminar Rooms 2 & 3, Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

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Venue : Seminar Rooms 2 & 3, Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : TALK "Ways of Seeing Sri Lanka in the times of Warzone Tourism".

Main speaker: Professor Sasanka Perera, Vice-President, South Asian University
Chair: Professor Yogesh Tyagi, Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi

Discussants: Prof. Jayadev Uyangode, Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies; Prof. Sanjeev Kumar HM, University of Delhi; Dr. Santosh Kumar Singh, Ambedkar University, Delhi;  Dr. Dev Pathak, South Asian University and Professor Upendra Baxi, former Vice Chancellor, Delhi University

Moderator:  Prof. Nabnita Behera Chadha, University of Delhi

Based on Sasanka Perera’s book 'Warzone Tourism: Tales from the Darker places of Paradise (Sage Publications, 2016).  Post-independence Sri Lanka has been wracked by decades of civil war and political violence. The consequence has been documented and undocumented magnitude of death and destruction. How is such extraordinary institutional violence determining various ways of seeing in Sri Lanka? Through the trope of warzone tourism, this discussion delves into the details of violence, and more importantly the associated monumentalizing

Collaboration: Department of Political Science, Delhi University and Sage Publications

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