The Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) is an organization working to investigate the way in which social change is contouring the multiple realities faced by communities in Sri Lanka and South Asia. The SSA is deeply committed to promoting a culture of knowledge production that informs and undergirds interventions aimed at achieving social emancipation for marginalized communities.
Polity
Polity is primarily a left forum for debate and discussion that advances democracy, state reform, gender and socio-economic equality and justice in Sri Lanka, while interested in South Asia and the world.
Pravada
“ප්‍රවාද” සමාජ විද්‍යාඥයින්ගේ සංගමයේ සිංහල මාධ්‍ය සඟරාවයි. එය මානව ශාස්ත්‍ර, සමාජ විද්‍යා, කලාව හා සංස්කෘතිය මෙන්ම පොදු සමාජීය කතිකාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් විචාරශීලී හා නිර්මාණාත්මක මැදිහත්වීම් සඳහා කැප වූ අවකාශයකි. විවිධ ආකාරයේ ශාස්ත්‍රීය, අර්ධ-ශාස්ත්‍රීය හා ශාස්ත්‍ර-විරෝධී නියැලීම්, ශෛලීන් හා ලේඛන විධි සඳහා මෙම සඟරාව විවෘත ය.
Pravesha
“ප්‍රවේශ” සමාජ විද්‍යාඥයින්ගේ සංගමය විසින් 2019 වසරේ ආරම්භ කරන ලද තරුණ විද්‍යාර්ථීන් සඳහා කැප වූ සිංහල මාධ්‍ය ශාස්ත්‍රීය සඟරාවකි. සමාජ විද්‍යා හා මානව ශාස්ත්‍ර විෂයන්වල සිය ප්‍රථම උපාධිය ගත වූ වසර තුළ ලබාගත් විද්‍යාර්ථීන් හට ශාස්ත්‍රීය ලේඛනය සඳහා ප්‍රවේශයක් ලබා දීම මෙම සඟරාවේ අරමුණ ය.
Critical Agrarian Studies
Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) has a deep legacy for creating debate and discussion on the agrarian change in Sri Lanka since the 1980s. SSA carried out one of the groundbreaking research projects in agrarian studies that resulted in an edited volume titled Capital and Peasant Production: Studies in the continuity and discontinuity of Agrarian Structures in Sri Lanka, (1985).
Latest Events
Political Economy Training
The Social Scientists’ Association launched a Political Economy Lecture series, led by Dr. Devaka Gunawardena. The 31st of May marked the first week of the said series. Designed to foster deep discussions, the series invited a carefully selected crowd to ensure a rich, engaging dialogue. Beginning with a historical insight titled,’ Historical Materialism Applied: Consequences of the East/West Divide in Europe’ Dr. Gunawardena reflected on major events in Europe and beyond, that facilitated the emergence of political economy as a critical field of inquiry. Moreover, the upcoming lectures will revolve around a plethora of topics such as social reproduction, democracy, variations between political regimes, etc.
Recent Survey
Youth as a Catalyst for Change
The island-wide survey ‘Youth as a Catalyst for Change’ aims to assess youth perspectives on politics in general. At a time when the country is experiencing an unprecedented political and economic struggle, this study aims to inquire into the role of youth as a catalyst for strengthening democratic politics in the country. The overarching goal of this study is to understand youth’s attitudes and expectation towards democratic politics in the country. The in-depth understanding of youth politics that this study provides, complements ongoing and future programming efforts undertaken by the Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) in enhancing political literacy, and political participation of youth. Furthermore, this study aims to contribute to civil society efforts in enhancing youth participation in democratic politics and thereby improve the quality of democracy in Sri Lanka.
New Publications
Polity Volume 11, Issue 2
මාතර මහ කැරැල්ල - නිර්මාල රංජිත් දේවසිරි
Unmasking the Empire - Prabodith Mihindukulasuriya
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