Seeking the state: Incorporating the state on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands

这项研究将提供重要的理论见解，国家的区域和国际运作，提供一个地方的角度来看，科科斯马来人如何把国家带入他们的日常生活。由于位于印度尼西亚和澳大利亚西北部之间，科科斯群岛在澳大利亚的国防、安全和检疫利益中发挥着重要作用。居住在那里的马来人是一个重要的少数民族，也是澳大利亚最古老的伊斯兰社区之一。这个项目是一个基于实地工作的分析，社区成员如何协商他们作为澳大利亚公民和马来穆斯林与国家的关系。

This study will provide significant theoretical insight into the functioning of the state both regionally and internationally by providing a local perspective on how Cocos Malays bring the state into their daily lives. Because they lie between Indonesia and Northwest Australia, the Cocos Islands play an important role in Australia's defence, security, and quarantine interests. The Malays residing there constitute an important minority and one of Australia's oldest Islamic communities. This project is a fieldwork-based analysis of the way community members negotiate their identity as Australian citizens and Malay Muslims in relation to the state.