ZEESM: Destructive 'Development' in Timor's Special Economic Zone

Rose, Michael

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ZEESM: Destructive 'Development' in Timor's Special Economic Zone

Date

2016

Authors

Rose, Michael

Publisher

Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University

Abstract

This paper is based on ethnographic fieldwork undertaken between July 2014 and May 2015. During this time I lived in an area affected by the project and participated in the day-today lives of the district’s farmers and fisherfolk. I aim to convey how ZEESM is being experienced by Oecussi’s agrarian majority, a perspective largely invisible to outsiders.