<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#073763">Dear Colleagas</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#073763"><div><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)">In appreciation and celebration of food innovations happening in Timor-Leste including the Grassroots Food Network (</span><i style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Rede ba hahan</i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)">) we are proposing to hold an event in Melbourne. We want to discuss new ideas and research about food justice and food sovereignty in Timor-Leste as well as new approaches to tack</span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12pt">l</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)">ing malnutrition and the network of new co-operatives, enterprises, entrepreneurs, and their innovations and if there is anything we here in Australia can offer.</span><br></div></div><div style="color:rgb(7,55,99)"><img src="cid:ii_l5qetad21" alt="Timor Food outlets.jpeg" width="542" height="305"><p style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 36pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></p><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We are planning to have speakers and hands-on food workshops to prepare and then eat and drink:</p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span>Katupa</p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span>Cassava leaves</p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span>Budu</p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 36pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span>Timorese Coffee</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you are interested in contributing indigenous Timorese food to this event or participating or volunteering please let <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)"></span>us know.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We also hope to include Timorese musicians and cultural groups so please let us know if you would like to come and participate.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Tony Castro (ETSA), Safira Guterres (Deakin Uni), Quin Mok (Ai Manas Timor), Alice Mahar (Corner Store Network), Lisa Palmer (Uni Melb), Brett Inder (Monash Uni) and Sara Niner (Monash Uni) <<a href="mailto:sara.niner@monash.edu" target="_blank">sara.niner@monash.edu</a>></p></div><h4 style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;margin:2pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:115%;break-after:avoid;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(47,84,150);font-weight:normal;font-style:italic"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 36pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">Saturday 6 August 2pm (Venue open for lunch & market from 10am)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 36pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Venue: </span><a href="https://maps.google.com/?cid=17713055586312130113" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:none">The Corner Store Network Cafe | Roastery & Preservery</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">, Oakleigh</span></p></h4></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:normal;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#073763" face="arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><strong>Dr.</strong><strong> Sara Niner</strong> Lecturer & Anthropology Convenor<br>
<strong>M</strong><strong>onash University </strong>| School
of Social Sciences  </font></font><i style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><font color="#0b5394"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></b></i><b style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-family:arial,sans-serif">W</b><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-family:arial,sans-serif">eb: </span><a href="https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/sara-niner" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/sara-niner</a><br><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-965X  </span><font style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Scopus: 25655204800</font></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#0c343d">"The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences." – Ruth Benedict</font></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">Ahmed (2014) – views “self-care as warfare.” That is, cultivating space to care for ourselves, our colleagues, and our students is, in fact, a political activity.</span><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> </span></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">Monash
University's Australian campuses are proudly on Kulin land. We 
pay respect to the Kulin people, including elders past and present.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span><font color="#0c343d">I live on the stolen lands of the Boon Wurrung and pay my respects to the traditional owners, the Yaluk-ut Weelam Clan </font></span></font><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">and acknowledge that claims to sovereignty were never ceded</span><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Times;font-size:10pt"><span></span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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