[TimorLesteStudies] New Article: Michael Leach: Surveying East Timorese tertiary student attitudes to national identity: 2002–2007

[Bu V.E. Wilson]

Michael Leach. 2008. Surveying East Timorese tertiary student attitudes
to national identity: 2002–2007
South East Asia Research, November, 16(3): 405-431. 

Abstract: This article examines post-independence debates over national
identity in East Timor, presenting the findings of a longitudinal survey
(carried out in Dili in 2002 and 2007) of East Timorese tertiary student
attitudes to national identity. The findings suggest that a younger
generation of East Timorese have partially contested the ‘official’
linguistic and cultural affiliations of the nation-state, while
supporting other ‘official’ narratives of national history. In so
doing, the findings highlight the difficult cultural legacies of
consecutive colonial occupations. The paper also examines significant
changes in these youth attitudes since independence, including a
significant increase in the acceptance of the co-official status of the
Portuguese language in the tertiary student demographic over the
five-year period. 

http://www.ippublishing.com/sear.htm

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ip/sear/2008/00000016/00000003/art00003

Dr Michael Leach
Senior Lecturer in Politics
Faculty of Life and Social Sciences
Swinburne University of Technology
1 John St Hawthorn VIC 
AUSTRALIA 3122
Phone: +61 3 9214 5357
Fax: +61 3 9819 0574
mleach at swin.edu.au

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