I’ve been told that Sri Lanka was in the Guiness Book of World Records for having the most holidays of any country. I can’t find the record, but with the number of days off I’ve enjoyed since my arrival, it wouldn’t surprise me. Then again, I did arrive just in time for New Year. Eventually,… Continue reading Mawala IT Centre
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Family and House
Anthropologists often find themselves unable to do any qualitative work when they first visit a new ‘tribe’. While they learn the new language and create bonds with their research subjects, they focus on quantitative tasks such as kinship charts and drawing the layout of the village. So many people in Sri Lanka speak English that… Continue reading Family and House