This article provides an outline of the historical construction of Timorese (East Timorese and Indonesian West Timorese) geo-bodies and communal identities from the mid-nineteenth century to the present time, thereby reconstructing the origins of many national imaginings amongst the Timorese people. Since the controversial annexation of Portuguese Timor by Indonesia in 1976, (East) Timor has been constructed as a place of two territorial identities: Timor as a part of Indonesia and East Timor as a homogeneous nation distinct from Indonesia. However, representations of Timor had been much more fluid and inconsistent in preceding ages. This article studies various communities’ representations of Timor to reveal dialectic relations between diverse colonial and post-colonial representations of the Timorese spaces and their senses of belonging. Thereby, it problematises the political role of global and regional place-making in a contested Southeast Asian locale.

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代表帝汶：历史、地理实体和归属感，1860 年代至 2018 年

本文概述了从 19 世纪中叶到现在的东帝汶（东帝汶和印度尼西亚西帝汶）地缘体和社区身份的历史建构，从而重建了帝汶人民中许多民族想象的起源。自 1976 年印度尼西亚有争议地吞并葡萄牙帝汶以来，（东）帝汶已被建造为具有两个领土身份的地方：帝汶是印度尼西亚的一部分，东帝汶是一个不同于印度尼西亚的同质国家。然而，帝汶的代表在以前的时代更加流动和不一致。本文研究了不同社区对帝汶的表征，以揭示帝汶空间的不同殖民和后殖民表征及其归属感之间的辩证关系。从而，