Conference: The Art of New Alternatives – Nation-Building and the Creation of a 'New Community' in Contemporary Sri Lankan Art

The upcoming conference The Art of New Alternatives: Nation-Building and the Creation of a 'New Community' in Contemporary Sri Lankan Art organised by Prof. Dr. Stefan Horlacher (TU Dresden) and Birte Heidemann-Malreddy (TU Dresden), sets out to ask for new, different and more creative solutions of what multiethnic and multireligious life in Sri Lanka might look like; to ask for concepts of community and nation-building, of negotiation, hybridity and 'unity-in-difference' which transcend political rivalries, ethnic and religious rifts as well as economic dependencies, and to offer alternatives to the present (and historical) deadlock. To do so, the conference brings together a multitude of different perspectives, ranging from literature and theatre to performing and visual arts, in order to examine new and alternative knowledges that have come into being since the end of the civil war. 

For more details (participation/registration, conference programme etc.), check out the conference website.