SAJC, Vol 4, 2010

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 Volume 3 was published in 2009.  Its main essays included a discussion on postcolonial Bombay; an exploration of the politics involved in a Sikh museum for heroes in Punjab, India; and an essay on the transmission of art traditions in India with a focus on children and folk art.  

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.