Sumi Kailasapathy Campaign Sign
Sumi Kailasapathy served on the City Council of Ann Arbor. The story behind her decision to run, her tenure in City Council, and how her politics were inspired by her time enduring armed violence in Jaffna, Sri Lanka were detailed in her interview for the Archival Creators Fellowship project on Ilankai Tamil Feminism.
Mango Tribe Collective
This is a group photo of the Mango Tribe Collective, which was instrumental in the canon of Asian American arts and activism, which Pradeepa participated in, along with an advisor and interviewee for this Archival Creators Fellowship project on Ilankai Tamil Feminism, YaliniDream. Mango Tribe was discussed in detail in Pradeepa's interview.
Chamindika and Pradeepa
Image of Chamindika and Pradeepa, who make up the artistic interethnic Sri Lankan duo Diaspora Flow, standing in front of a large design using the Diaspora Flow aesthetic.
Nirmala Rajasingam's Arrest
A photograph taken soon after the trial of Nirmala Rajasingam, who along with several others was charged with harboring suspected secessionist guerillas who attacked a police station in northern Sri Lanka, killing several people. This arrest is a watershed moment in Nirmala Rajasingam's life, as she went on to survive a prison massacre and eventually defected from the LTTE and lived in exile.
Meenadchi's Ancestral Homes
In this slideshow, you will see:
Photographs taken by Meenadchi of houses that are all places that Meenadchi's family once called home. The photos were included as part of the ‘Places we used to call home’ series at the Tamil Survival Stories online photographic archive.
Maya McCoy's Grandparents, Ernest and Peace Champion, and children
This image is of Maya Mccoy's mother, maternal grandparents and uncle in Jaffna. Maya's family is brought up in her interview for the SAADA Archival Creators Fellowship Project on Ilankai Tamil Feminism. She discusses how her mother's brief stint in Sri Lanka before her family moved abroad helped to shape her worldview such that it left impressions on Maya's politics of solidarity.
Dr. Rajani Thiranagama's Portrait
The University of Jaffna Teachers' Association displays the portraits of deceased university academics in the Senior Common Room. When an academic or ex-academic dies, a commemoration event is organized by the Association and afterwards the portrait of that person displayed in the Senior Common Room.
Land Commission Meeting in Northern Sri Lanka
Mahendran Thiruvarangan was part of a land commission initiated by an umbrella organization that works on land related issues known as People's Action for Right to Land. This photo was taken when a Muslim woman in Mullaitivu spoke about the challenges she faces in re-claiming her land following her return to Mullaitivu.
Mahendran Thiruvarangan Performing as Lago in Shakespeare's Othello
A stage performance of Othello in which Mahendran Thiruvarangan ('Thiru') acted as Iago in Shakespeare's Othello when he was fifteen years old at Jaffna College. Jaffna College is discussed in detail during Thiru's interview for the Archival Creators Fellowship project on Ilankai Tamil Feminism, for which Thiru is also an advisor.