Research

Timor Aid has conducted a number of research projects exploring the cultural traditions of various communities in and around Timor-Leste:

• Displacement and Change: Documenting cultural heritage in Suai-Camenaça

Funded by the Cultural Emergency Response Programme of the Prince Claus Fund, the research explored five areas of the cultural heritage of the area: language, textiles, ceramics, basket-weaving & social geography and archaeology between 2014 and 2015. The research was conducted by the Timor Aid team in conjunction with visiting specialists.

• The Edge of Living Memory: the Buehler Collection of Museum Kulturen Ethnologica Bascl and the people of Baguia

Timor Aid has been a project partner supporting ongoing research, being conducted by Joanna Barrkman from Australian National University, exploring the collection of the Museum der Kulturen, Basel in Switzerland.

• Shared Traditions: The communities of Malaka Regency

Timor Aid in partnership with the Bebali Foundation, working in Bali, Indonesia visited the Tetun speaking communities of the Malaka Regency in West Timor, originally from Covalima.