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Strategies of Reconciliation through Education and Research

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dc.contributor.author Vitharana, S.
dc.contributor.author Sumedha, K.
dc.contributor.author Jayaweera, S.
dc.contributor.author Manuratne, P.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-10-26T09:41:25Z
dc.date.available 2016-10-26T09:41:25Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Vitharana, S., Sumedha, K., Jayaweera, S. and Manuratne, P. 2016. Strategies of Reconciliation through Education and Research. 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences (3rd ICSS), 30th September - 01st October 2016, Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. p 203. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/14827
dc.description.abstract Postwar Sri Lanka has explored several modes and models of reconciliation as part of its effort to address the deep ethnic divide that still affects the country. Ultra-nationalist groups continue to create discourses and forums that destroy the potential for any sustainable peace among the various ethno-religious groups that were affected by the conflict. Attempts at creating discourses on reconciliation do not always occur at the grassroots level, often employing top-down models that prove unsustainable in the long run. In this research, we theorize a pedagogical exercise in which we participated as lecturers at the University of Kelaniya. A group of Third Year Sociology students were required to conduct a field research as part of their study program. The study involved a field trip to Tirukkovil and Karaitivu in two consecutive years, two Divisional Secretariats in the Eastern Province. The students had to be part of home-stays that involved close cultural contact with the host community. In this paper, we explore how the experience of being part of this research project can be theorized in terms of pedagogical strategies for reconciliation. Drawing on this experience, and the insights of the Freirean model of education, we explore the limits and challenges of traditional modes of delivering information such as lectures and presentations. We argue that informal modes of cultural exchange, operating at the grassroots level, facilitate ethnic reconciliation more effectively than traditional modes of delivery. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject Education en_US
dc.subject Reconciliation en_US
dc.subject Ethnic Communities en_US
dc.subject Conventional Teaching en_US
dc.title Strategies of Reconciliation through Education and Research en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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