South Asia Journal For Culture

South Asia Journal for Culture was initiated in 2008 as a pan-South Asia intellectual forum and as the English language international journal and counterpart for the Sinhala language journal, Patitha.  Though it ended its operations in Colombo in 2012, it continues now from New Delhi under the name Society and Culture in South Asia co-published by Sage and South Asian University.

South Asia Journal For Culture
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SAJC, Vol 5 & 6, 2011/2012

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
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SAJC, Vol 4, 2010

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. 
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SAJC Vol. 3, 2009

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.  
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SAJC Vol. 2, 2008

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.
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SAJC Vol. 1, 2007

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.
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