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DESCRIPTION:Collective trauma\, historical memories and the refashioning of
  national narratives: responses of the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora to the de
 feat of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Whitaker will discuss the current
  struggle within the Tamil Diaspora to envision a new future for their com
 munity in the face of this raw historical event. He will show how the peop
 le he talked to used an array of available\, variously constructed\, histo
 rical memories – some rooted in Sri Lanka’s landscape and its past tragedi
 es\, some forged in Diaspora and within its media saturated civic spaces -
 - to come to grips with their collective trauma. Mark Whitaker is a Profes
 sor of Anthropology\, and holds a Chair in Social and Behavioral Science\,
  at the University of South Carolina\, Aiken\; he is also an adjunct Profe
 ssor of Anthropology in the Anthropology Department at the University of S
 outh Carolina\, Columbia. His work focuses on politics\, religion\, nation
 alism\, journalism\, biography\, and new media technologies among Tamils i
 n Sri Lanka and in their Diaspora.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:SAC presents: Mark Whittaker
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Collective trauma\, historical memories and th
 e refashioning of national narratives: responses of the Sri Lankan Tamil D
 iaspora to the defeat of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Whitaker will di
 scuss the current struggle within the Tamil Diaspora to envision a new fut
 ure for their community in the face of this raw historical event. He will 
 show how the people he talked to used an array of available\, variously co
 nstructed\, historical memories – some rooted in Sri Lanka’s landscape and
  its past tragedies\, some forged in Diaspora and within its media saturat
 ed civic spaces -- to come to grips with their collective trauma. Mark Whi
 taker is a Professor of Anthropology\, and holds a Chair in Social and Beh
 avioral Science\, at the University of South Carolina\, Aiken\; he is also
  an adjunct Professor of Anthropology in the Anthropology Department at th
 e University of South Carolina\, Columbia. His work focuses on politics\, 
 religion\, nationalism\, journalism\, biography\, and new media technologi
 es among Tamils in Sri Lanka and in their Diaspora.&nbsp\;
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