Gallery Talk: ‘Language Politics of the Everyday’ with Dr. Kaushalya Perera

Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka

In this first Gallery Talk of ‘The Foreigners’, academic and linguist Dr. Kaushalya Perera discusses the everyday presence of language politics in urban contexts of Sri Lanka, ranging from road signage to public documents. She will engage in conversation with Pramodha Weerasekera, Assistant Curator Education and Public Programmes.This Gallery Talk has been curated as part of the Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘The Foreigners’, on view until 22 October 2023.‘ආගන්තුකයෝ’ ප්‍රදර්ශනයේ පළමු ගැලරි කතාවේදී, ශාස්ත්‍රාඥ හා භාෂාවේදී ආචාර්ය කෞශල්‍යා පෙරේරා මාර්ග සංඥාවල සිට පොදු ලේඛන දක්වා දිවෙන ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නාගරික සංදර්භ තුළ භාෂා දේශපාලනයේ දෛනික පැවැත්ම පිළිබඳ සාකච්ඡාකරයි. ඇය අධ්‍යාපන හා මහජන වැඩසටහන් සහාය අභිරක්ෂක ප්‍රමෝදා වීරසේකර සමග සංවාදයේ නිරතවනු ඇත.මෙම ගැලරි කතාව 2023 ඔක්තෝබර් 22 දක්වා නැරඹීමට ඇති ‘ආගන්තුකයෝ’ ප්‍රදර්ශනයේ මහජන වැඩසටහන්වල කොටසක් ලෙස අභිරක්ෂණයකර ඇත.‘அந்நியர்’ கண்காட்சியின் முதலாவது கலரி உரையாடலில், வீதி பதாகைகள் முதல் பொது ஆவணங்கள் வரையிலான இலங்கையின் நகர்ப்புற சூழல்களில் மொழி அரசியலின் அன்றாட தோற்றத்தைப் பற்றி கல்வியாளர் மற்றும் மொழியியலாளருமான கலாநிதி கௌஷல்யா பெரேரா கலந்துரையாடுகிறார். கல்விக்கும் பொது நிகழ்ச்சிகளுக்குமான உதவி எடுத்தாளுநர், பிரமோதா வீரசேகரவுடன் அவர் உரையாடுவார்.22 ஒக்டோபர் 2023 வரை பார்வைக்கு வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள ‘அந்நியர்’ கண்காட்சியின் பொது நிகழ்ச்சிகளில் ஒன்றாக இந்த கலரி உரையாடல் தொகுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

Gallery Talk: ‘Language Politics of the Everyday’ with Dr. Kaushalya Perera

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