Book launch
Join Dr Maj Nygaard-Christensen and SSEAC’s Dr Thushara Dibley for the Sydney launch of the first book to focus on fieldwork experience and approaches in Timor-Leste.
When: 5.30pm – 6.30pm, Thursday 18 May 2017
Where: New Law Annexe Seminar Room 346
This ground-breaking exploration of research methodologies in Timor-Leste brings together 10 scholars who present a range of fieldwork practices and challenges from colonial times to the present day. The researchers who have contributed to founding the field of Timor studies introduce readers to their experiences of conducting anthropological, historical and archival fieldwork in this new nation.
This is a must-have volume for scholars, other fieldworkers and policy-makers preparing to work in Timor-Leste, invaluable for those needing to understand the country from afar, and a fascinating read for anyone interested in the Timorese world.
Dr Maj Nygaard-Christensen will be presenting on Timor-Leste at the University of Sydney on Friday, 19 May 2017 as part of Politics in action: Updates from Southeast Asia
About the speakers
Dr Maj Nygaard-Christensen is the co-editor of the publication and is an anthropologist who has carried out extensive fieldwork in Timor-Leste on gender, politics and democratisation.
Dr Thushara Dibley is Deputy Director of the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre. She researches social movements in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Her recent research projects have focused on the role of NGOs in peace-building in Timor-Leste and Indonesia and on the disability movement in Indonesia. She is the author of Partnerships, Power and Peacebuilding: NGOs as Agents of Peace in Aceh and Timor-Leste (2014).
Registration
Free event open to the public with online registration. Please confirm your attendance for planning and catering purposes.