Forthcoming conferences 

  • 29 & 30 June 2023, Presenting two papers (online) at the World Congress of Sociology, International Sociological Association, Melbourne, Australia.

Recent conference presentations 

  • September 2022, “Appachchi’s Space” – Navigating power relations in a tower block in Colombo, Sri Lanka,  Conference Paper at the South Asian Anthropologist’s Group in Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • August 2022, “High life in a high-rise: An ethnographic study of everyday life during Covid-19 in an urban community in the City of Colombo, Sri Lanka”, Conference Paper at the RC21, International Sociological Association Conference held on 26 August 2022 in Athens, Greece.
  • November 2021, Research Presentation on “Vulnerable Children during the Covid-19 Pandemic”, Children in Lockdown Arts Festival.
  • 3 December 2021, Research Presentation on “Maara rasthiyaduwa, Everyday life and experiences of social exclusion of urban communities in a high-rise housing project in the City of Colombo
    at Icon Arts Conference, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo.
  • 2021, Research Presentation on “Home and belonging in a high-rise project during Covid-19 in Sri Lanka”, Research Symposium, Department of Sociology, University of Colombo