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You are cordially invited to the inauguration of a International interdisciplinary trilingual conference on craftTradition or Trans/formation? Craft, Practice and DiscourseOrganized byThe Department of Fine Arts, University of Jaffna in collaboration withAmerican Institute for Lankan Studies, ColomboLanka Decorative Arts, ColomboSri Lankan Archive for Contemporary Art, Architecture and Design, Jaffna10thMay 2018 at 3.00 pmJaffna Public library AuditoriumKeynotes“Transformation at the heart of tradition: A history of the institutionalizationof craft in South Asia”Anais Da Fonseca (Tate Research Center: Asia, London)andVishwakarma craftsmen, guilds and caste issues in Pre- Colonial South IndiaVijaya Ramaswamy (Centre for Historical studies, JNU, New Delhi)