The Young Researchers Forum 2012 20th & 21st January, 2012 Western Province Aesthetic Resort, Colombo

Draft Forum Program

20th January
8.30am-9.00am 9.00am-10.00am 10.00am-10.15am Registration Opening Ceremony Tea Session 1 Education and Empowerment A Degree for Sale (?): Can Private Higher Education (Dis-) Empower the Sri Lankan Youth? -Rusiru Kalpagee Chitrasena 10.15am-11.30am YajoHd, isiqkaf.a bx.%Sis NdId wjfndaOh ms<sn| iudc oHd;aul wOHhkhla ^fld<U YajoHd,fha Ydia;% mSGh weiqfrka&
- M.G.L Mahesh Premaratne & Nirosha Ruwanpathirana

Session 2 Development and Progress The Importance of Public-Private-Non-Profit Partnership at Sub-National Level for Post-War Regional Development in Sri Lanka 11.30am12.30pm - N. Sivakumar, H. U. S. Pradeep and S. Rasnayake The Future of Tourism and its Potential Impact on Youth in Sri Lanka - Thiagi Piyadasa

12.30pm-1.15pm 1.15pm-2.15pm

Lunch Plenary - Research and Action - Are they mutually exclusive? Session 3 - Youth in Sri Lanka The Youth Vote: A Hope For Democracy

2.15pm-3.15pm

-Navam Niles Capturing Gandhiji's Attention: A History of a Youth Movement in Colonial Ceylon - Niyanthini Kadirgamar

3.15pm-3.30pm

Tea Session 4 - Minorities: Place and Belonging Life Changes of Migrated people - I.D.G. Dharmasinghe

3.30pm-4.30pm

Violation of individual rights of persons from Plantation Sector in obtaining personal documents: a case study from the Badulla District - Fahurdeen Sajeed Ahamed

4.30pm-5.30pm

Open Discussion - Being Young and Being a Researcher

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Session 5 Environmental Concerns and Challenges The impact of the War on Water Resources in Post-War Sri Lanka 9.00am-10.00am - W.A.Upul Wickramasinghe Issues in Post-war Indo-Sri Lanka Relations: A Sri Lankan Perspective - Thiyagaraja Waradas 10.00am-10.15am Tea Session 6 - Representation and Articulation
Performativity and Performance: An Analysis of the portrayal of gender identity of women in plays written by Sri Lankan Playwrights

10.15am-11.15am

- Sabreena Niles
A Multiple Analysis of the Portrayal of the Sri Lankan IDP.

- Sachee Ranaweera Session 7 - Crime, Violence and Justice The Romanticization of Crime on News Broadcasts in Post-War Sri Lanka 11.15am-12.15pm - Dinidu Karunanayake (In)Justice in Sri Lankan Society: Alternative Understandings of Justice in Sri Lanka - Shashik Dhanushka

12.15pm-1.00pm

Lunch Session 8- Inclusion, Politics and Participation The Constitutional Crises in Sri Lanka: Implications for Nation Building - Indrajee De Zoysa

1.00pm-2.15pm

Tamil Moderate Politics and Discontent Among Tamil Youths in Sri Lanka - Kumarvadivel Guruparan The Collusion of Three Identities: Sri Lankan. Muslim. Woman. - Hyshyama Hamin Session 9 - Solutions for the Future Youth and Facebook: The Impact on the Private Public Distinction

2.15pm-3.15pm

- Tharindi Udalagama Classroom 2.0 - Thoughts on the Future of Education and its Emancipatory Potential - Andi Schubert

3.15pm-3.30pm 3.30pm-5.30pm

Tea Plenary/Closing Ceremony - The Future for Young Researchers & Young Researchers for the Future