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1. 1. Jaffna Tamils Ethnic Identity Formation in Colombo: A Study on Identity Perception through Motivated Identity Construction

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Jasmine Andersson; [2021]
   Keywords : Post-conflict society; Jaffna Tamils; Colombo; Ethnic identity; Identity perception; Motivated Identity Construction Theory; Sri Lanka; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The Sri Lankan Tamils have been a part of complex history within Sri Lanka in regard to their ethnic Identity, which is mostly associated with the civil war that went on for almost 30 years. More than a decade after the end of the conflict, this thesis work analyzed how todays Jaffna Tamils view their own identity in Colombo. READ MORE

3. 2. Participation and inclusiveness in process and design : a case study of the urban upgrading of two parks in Jaffna, Sri Lanka

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Emma Johannesson; Maria Östlund; [2020]
   Keywords : public space; public participation; inclusive; Sri Lanka; urban upgrading;

   Abstract : Who is included and has the right to shape public spaces is constantly contested through power struggles and expressions of politics and culture, where conflicting interests shape urban development. The public’s right to engage in the decision-making that affects different aspects of their lives has led to that public participation is now often seen as an important part of a democratic society. READ MORE

4. 3. Embodying the Other - A Cross-Cultural Understanding of Misrepresentational Oppression

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Eva-Marie Elg; [2016]
   Keywords : Embodiment; trans; the Other; embodying; crip; cinema; cripface; transface; blackface; Europe; Asia; Otherface; reversal; US; voyeuristic; gaze; phenomenology; imperial; colonial; male; critical whiteness; queer; monster; grotesque studies; gender; post-Darwanism; post-colonial; posthumanism; post-humanism; elite; culture; homogenous; industry; star; ableism; ableist; transphobic; show; freak; representation; misrepresentation; traditions; phenomena; bodies; morphing; hijra; Tamil; global; katoey; third gender; invisibility; visibility; uglyface; mediatedness; media; transing communication; animalizing; infantalizing; funny bodies; immoralizing; sexualizing; comedy; as; comparison; social; transing; queering; self-reflection; relations; looking; progressive; progression; freakery; mockery; awards; Academy; ridicule; Sensationalization; Trivialization; Stabilization; Rationalization; exorcized; bounderies; portrayals; violent; hetero-domesticity; violence; India; drag; faux; pathologised; tomboi; Thailand; character; deviant; Non-Normative; Normative; whitewashing; old age; identity; years; 102; monstreous; 2017; 1915; fantasy; stardom; Little Mermaid; figures; non-human; super-human; actor; exploitation; exclusion; transsexual; transversal; transman; transwoman; transgender; funkis; experiments; transperson; misrepresentational; psychology; oppression; North America; patriarchal; Frozen; films; isolated; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis offers a holistic perspective on the phenomenon of embodying Otherface. It provides a deeper insight into the categories Transface and Cripface, the latter being a term for an able person depicting a person with visible or invisible disabilities, also referred to as cripping up. READ MORE

5. 4. Sri Lanka Unites and reconciliation. Transformation through change agents of a war infected nation

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

   Author : Emelie Mölleli; [2012]
   Keywords : Attitude change; change; change agent; conflict; culture; ethnicity; movement; NGO; Non Governmental Organization; reconciliation; Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka Unites; war;

   Abstract : This qualitative master essay has taken place as a field study in the Sri Lankan post-war environment. The official peace started in 2009 and the country has had almost 30 years of war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan government. READ MORE

6. 5. SAFFRON FOR A FAIR BABY TRADITIONAL CHILDBEARING BELIEFS AND PRACTICES AMONG WOMEN IN TAMIL NADU, INDIA.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Kristina Engelin; [2009]
   Keywords : Tamil Nadu; traditions; beliefs; culture; postpartum; Pregnancy; birth; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In spite of the modernization of obstetrics in Tamil Nadu, the rural women still adhere to several traditional beliefs and practices, in regard to childbearing and postpartum. The varieties of non-biomedical practices were used in attempt to ensure a risk-free delivery and the birth of a healthy baby, although the collected data shows that some of them are harmful. READ MORE