You are cordially invited to the inauguration of a International interdisciplinary trilingual conference on craft
Tradition or Trans/formation? Craft, Practice and Discourse
Organized by
The Department of Fine Arts, University of Jaffna in collaboration with
American Institute for Lankan Studies, Colombo
Lanka Decorative Arts, Colombo
Sri Lankan Archive for Contemporary Art, Architecture and Design, Jaffna
10thMay 2018 at 3.00 pm
Jaffna Public library Auditorium
Keynotes
“Transformation at the heart of tradition: A history of the institutionalization
of craft in South Asia”
Anais Da Fonseca (Tate Research Center: Asia, London)
and
Vishwakarma craftsmen, guilds and caste issues in Pre- Colonial South India
Vijaya Ramaswamy (Centre for Historical studies, JNU, New Delhi)