SGER:Exploratory Research on Indigenous Cultural Responses to the East Timorese Refugee Relocation in the Ngada Regency of Flores

该项目申请了探索性研究小额赠款（SGER）。在最近的冲突和东帝汶人民投票赞成从印度尼西亚独立之后，东帝汶难民被重新安置到印度尼西亚各地。该项目将分析一组难民到弗洛雷斯岛的情况，评估土地和其他资源冲突对资源分配模式和社会组织的影响。这一初步项目将为进一步的长期研究奠定人种学基础。它专门解决了种族冲突和战争造成的人口流离失所的后果，因此对世界许多其他地区也有意义。它还涉及少数群体与发展中国家/军政府互动的问题。研究人员将能够捕捉这些过程，因为他们展开。方法包括社区调查和与村民、领导人、教会官员和政府/军事官员的详细访谈。

This project requests funds for a Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER). In the wake of the recent conflict and vote for independence from Indonesia by the people of East Timor, East Timorese refugees have been relocated to various parts of Indonesia. This project will analyze the case of one group of refugees to Flores Island, assessing the impact of conflicts over land and other resources on resource allocation patterns and social organization. This initial project will generate an ethnographic base for further, long-term research. It specifically addresses the consequences of population displacements resulting from ethnic conflict and warfare, and thus has relevance to many other parts of the world. It also addresses issues of minority populations' interactions with state/military governments in the developing world. The researcher will be able to capture these processes as they unfold. Methods include community surveys and detailed interviewing with villagers, leaders, church officials, and government/military officials.