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Colombo Institute for the Advanced Study of Society and Culture
The Colombo Institute for the Advanced Study of Society and Culture (Colombo Institute) was initiated as a group in 2003. It was incorporated as a non profit company in December, 2006. At present, Colombo Institute is led by a number of individuals with interests in different academic disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, history, visual arts, theatre, languages, archeology, cultural studies and architecture.
Given the fact that Sri Lanka has been
scarred by multiple forms of political violence, nationalist and
religious conflict, dismantled democratic practices and the subversion
of knowledge production, Colombo Institute firmly believes that one of
the most visible victims has been the society’s collective frame of
mind.
In that context, Colombo Institute believes that its endeavors for change in society should primarily be directed towards the minds of the people. On the basis of this conviction, the Colombo Institute strives to:
1. make critical knowledge available and more accessible;
2. create and promote alternative and creative approaches in thinking and action and
3. work across geographic, ethnic, linguistic, cultural and national borders in generating and disseminating knowledge and ideas. Its primary foci are the Tamil and Sinhala speaking youth and their languages.
Colombo Institute believes that its endeavors for change in society should primarily be directed towards the minds of the people.
Colombo Institute works across geographic, ethnic, linguistic, cultural and national borders in generating and disseminating knowledge and ideas to make critical knowledge accessible and promote alternative creative approaches in thinking and action.
CURRENT EVENTS
South Asia Journal for Culture Volume I, was launched in Colombo on 28th August 2008 at the Goethe Institute by the Colombo Institute and Theertha. Qadri Ismail, a professor of English, University of Minnesota delivered the keynote address while Professor Jagath Weerasinghe Chaired the event. It was also launched in New Delhi at the Ananth Gallery on 8th September 2008 in Collaboration with Khoj International. It coinsided the South Asian Network for the Artists celebrations where the exhibition 'Six Degrees of Separation: Chaos, Congruence and Collaboration' was held at the Ananth Gallery, New Delhi and Red Dot Gallery, Sri Lanka. Similar exhibitions were also held in Karachchi, Nepal and Bangladesh. South Asian Journal for the Culture is part of the activities undertaken by Theertha and Colombo Institute as part of the South Asian Network for the Arts.
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