Mapping Diasporic Networks: The Case of the Indonesian Chinese = 映射流散網絡: 以印尼華僑華人為例
Project title
Mapping Diasporic Networks: The Case of the Indonesian Chinese = 映射流散網絡: 以印尼華僑華人為例
Principal Investigator
Department
Grant Awarding Body
Research Grants Council
Grant Type
Faculty Development Scheme
Project Code
UGC/FDS15/H05/15
Amount awarded
$585,350
Funding Year
2015
Duration of the Project
24 months
Status
Completed
Abstract
This project maps out the migratory paths of Medan Chinese and investigates how they are connected and organized across national boundaries. This part of the Chinese diaspora, distributed across Indonesia, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, continues to be connected through kinship, alumni or hometown association ties. Through multi-sited ethnographic research in Indonesia, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, this project will study these ties and ask if they represent a kind of Chinese transnationalism that can persist across generations and geographical regions.