SAJC Vol. 3, 2009

South Asia Journal for Culture, Vol. 5 & 6, 2011/20124 was published as a special issue on architecture in South Asia. It presents six essays that dealt with the following issues: hybrid influences in the designing of Islamabad in Pakistan; the politics of ‘new vernacular subjecthood’ in India; an exploration into the experiences of middle class housing in Navi Mumbai; interventions of religious groups in post-Tsunami housing reconstruction in Sri Lanka; reflections on moving beyond…

South Asia Journal for Culture Volume 2 was published in 2008.  Among its main essays, it offered papers on the ethnography of a wayside shrine in Sri Lanka; the historical dynamics of women artists in Sri Lanka; and the politics of exchange and civil society on Asia.

South Asia Journal for Culture, Vol. 4, 2010 presents three main essays. They deal with the beliefs on folk healing among a Muslim ethnic community in Bangladesh; an exploration into Sri Lankan architecture with a focus on the nations of  ‘the engineer’ and ‘the bricoleur,’ and a critical essay on ‘competitive’ humanitarian activities in post-Tsunami Sri Lanka. 

South Asia Journal for Culture Volume 1 was published in 2007.  It dealt with the themes of orality and inscription with regard to folklore; politics of sanctioned and contested memory; and the politics of Asia art.