Monothetic divisive clustering with geographical constraints
Beyond divisive nationalisms in the ‘hybrid island’
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Beyond divisive nationalisms in the hybrid islandMartin MulliganGlobalism Research Centre and Community Sustainability Program of Global Cities Institute
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Post-tsunami rebuilding of communities and livelihoods:Post-disaster social recovery A spectrum of case study communities: Seenigama (100% Sinhalese); Hambantota (about 50/50 Muslim Tamils and Sinhalese); Thirrukovil (100% Hindu Tamils); Sainthamaruthu (100% Muslim Tamils).
Multi-method methodology with very rich data sets:-- Social profiles of each community-- Community life survey (quantitative)-- Community Member Profiles (qualitative sampling)-- Strategic interactive interviews (qualitative)-- Stories of relevant experience (qualitative)
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RMIT University
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RMIT University
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RMIT University
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RMIT University
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The normalisation of violence, conflict and deep division-- abiding by Sri Lanka in its profound stuckness
Changes in Colombo over the last 18 years
The supposed liberation of the eastern province
Segregation and despair in the east
The securitisation of society (the endless war on terror)
The centralisation of political and economic power, leading to hard and soft corruption
Understanding the situation in Sainthamaruthu
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The failed promise of national independence
An elite form of national liberation (vis--vis India). A failure to create the nation as an imagined community
Bandaranaikes political opportunism and the rise of Sinhalese nationalism
Repeated brinkmanship in regard to devolution and the creation of semi-autonomous provinces
The rise of a reactive and extreme form of Tamil nationalism; destruction of the middle ground
The tragic misrepresentation of mythology as history
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Some sources of hope The fascinating history of a globally connected hybrid society , eg, the story of Hambantota
The radical role of historians following in the footsteps of Leslie Gunawardena (The People of the Lion, written in the 1980s); undercutting the narrow mythology of Sinhalese nationalism
A still-robust civil society (although under siege from the present government)
Some truly inspiring civic leaders, eg Kushil Gunasekera (applied Buddhism), Azmi Thassim (working against ethnic divisions), Uwais Mohammed (youth movement), Ashraff Mohammed
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Localism, nationalism and transnationalism--interconneced layers of community formation Plans for a gathering of our research network to discuss the outcomes of our research in April 2010
Plans for a writing retreat in Sri Lanka that will focus on a comparison of nation formation in Sri Lanka and Malaysia (with some input from India)
Project on the transnational Tamil imagined communityie not diaspora
Plans for a comparative study on community engagement in planning for future crises, to include case studies in Sri Lanka and Papua New Guinea
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