East Timorese in Melbourne: Community and Identity in a Time of Political Unrest in Timor Leste
Research program: Mobility and Exclusion
Through empirical research with East Timorese expatriates in Melbourne this PhD study, supported by IPRS and UoN research scholarships, considers how political unrest and national disintegration affect exiles’ experiences of self, community and nation. The purpose of the project is to increase our understanding of East Timorese refugees’ lives after the realisation of independence in East Timor, and to improve our understanding of how violence and political crisis affect the East Timorese community in Australia and its members. The research is based upon participant observation field research, including the techniques of neighbourhood studies and semi-structured interviews.
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