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A Future After Violence: Life Projects of Sri Lankan Tamil Youth

Principal researcher: Giacomo Mantovan

Research group: Governance, Policies and Livelihoods


Keywords

Post-war | Youth | Memory | Nationalism | Sri Lankan Tamils

Funding Institution

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)

State

Open

Start date

01-06-2019

End date

31-05-2025

Reference

CEECIND/03499/2017


Abstract

The project focuses on Tamil youth in the aftermath of the Sri Lankan civil war (1983-2009). In this post-war context, the project seeks to grasp how youth remember and cope with the tragic past, and try to build their life while facing ongoing discrimination against the Tamil community.