Critical Academic Writing and Multilingual Students

Appendixes

Appendixes Appendix to Chapter 3 Text 1 (in L1 for local Publication): "YaaLpaaNa camuukaTai viLanki koLLal-aTan umvaakkam asaiviyakkam paRRiya om piraarampa usaaval" (Understanding Jaffna Society: A Preliminary Inquiry into its "Formation" and "Dynamics") (Sivatamby 1992) [Move l/step 2J: One ofthe features about Jaffna culture that is always visible but never discussed is a realistic depiction of the society. We don't speak or even attempt to speak about culture, which is always in front of our eyes besides regulating and controlling our social practices. [Move l/step IJ: Since this silence hampers the healthy development of this society, I am undertaking this analysis to overcome this at least academically . At a period when our community is facing a serious crisis in its history, and when it is undergoing radical changes, it is the duty of the social sciences to at least provide some preliminary thoughts and data on our community's fundamentals and assumptions. [Move l/step 3?J: Research relating to Jaffna society from anthropology and sociology is poor indeed. There are only a few foreign scholars working in this field (Bryan Pfaffenberger, Kenneth David, Skjonberg). Tamil scholars who have earned international prestige in these disciplines-like S. J. Tambiah-themselves do not give full attention to anthropological and social scientific research relating to the concerns of Tamil Eelam people. [Move 3/step IbJ: In a situation like this, doing research on the nature of the social changes taking place here is the duty of academics at the University of Jaffna. I have been drawn to this subject from the experience of reviewing the tradition of Tamil literature from the disciplinary perspectives of social history, sociology, and anthropology. This article is being written from that academic background. [Concluding paragraphJ: If I have troubled anyone's mind with the manner in which I have presented this subject or the data, please forgive me. [The author quotes a religious verse that confesses his weakness and invokes God to use him as an instrument for knowledge and human progress.] Text 2 (in L2 for local publication): "Towards an Understanding of the Culture and Ideology of the Tamils of Sri Lanka" (Sivatamby 1984) [Move l/step IJ: The Tamils of the Jaffna peninsula of Sri Lanka constitute the dominant Tamil group in the island. It is largely their experience at the national level and their perceptions of the Sinhalese and their moti239 240 Appendix to Chapter 3 vations that have defined the Tamil grievances and decided the pattern of the struggle to redress them. [Move 3/step Ib]: An attempt is made here to understand the laffna man in relation to two ofthe most important ideological perceptions he has ofhimself : a) the preserver of the great Saiva-Tamil tradition, and b) the heir to the liberal traditions ofthe West and the reformist tradition of Gandhi symbolised by the laffna Youth Congress Movement. [Move I/step 2]: The Sri Lankan image of the laffna Tamil as ... The relevant census figures of the laffna district for 1971 were ... [Concluding paragraph]: The quantitative and qualitative changes that have taken place in the evolution of Tamilian nationalism, should be seen in the perspectivity ofthe liberal Youth Congress tradition. That would provide the nationalist ideology with a continuity and possibility of development on social democratic lines. Text 3 (in L2 for foreign publication): "The Ideology of Saiva-Tamil Integrality : Its Social Historical Significance in the Study ofYalppanamTamil Society " (Sivatamby 1990) [Move l/step 2]: The current ethnic crisis ... has brought about an overall unity and solidarity among the Tamils of Ilankai. However, in terms of social formation-the social structure and relationships, the modes of production at the peasant level-we could easily see that there are three discernible Tamil formations.... [The author provides historical background .] [Move l/step 1]: So, any study of the history of the Tamil demands within the Hankai context should necessarily focus on the nature and role of the importance ofYalppanam Tamil society, the type ofproblems it faced, how it expressed and formulated them as its political grievances, and the type of solutions it put forward.... The pre-eminence of Yalppanam has been brought up by many factors. [Move 3/step Ib]: Amidst the social and political challenges which it had to confront, the Yalppanam Tamil society developed two ideologies which have been the main source of its social, intellectual, cultural, and political sustenance. Those are: a) the Saiva...