Dr. Victoria Kumala Sakti
Curriculum Vitae
Research projects
Publications
Collected Editions
Amrith, M., Sakti, V. K., & Sampaio, D. (Eds.). (2023). Aspiring in later life: Movements across time, space, and generations. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. Link
Special Issues
Sakti, V. K., & Amrith, M. (Eds.). (2022). Living in the here and now: Extended temporalities of forced migration [Special Issue]. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 43(4). Link
Journal Articles
Sakti, V. K. (2023). Ageing at the margins: gendered and southern narratives of displacement among the East Timorese in Indonesia. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 49(4), 1065-1081. Link
Sakti, V. K. (2023). Older refugee perspectives on death, remembrance, and burial: The East Timorese in Indonesia. Journal of Refugee Studies. Link
Sakti, V. K., & Taek, D. Y. (2023). Reflections on ethics in research with older displaced persons in West Timor: Considering the “time effect”. International quarterly for Asian studies, 54(1), 39-58. Link
Sakti, V. K., & Amrith, M. (2022). Introduction: Living in the ‘here and now’: Extended temporalities of forced migration. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 43(4), 457-463. Link
Sakti, V. K. (2022). ‘Here for Now’: Temporalities of ageing and forced displacement through pension narratives. Journal of Intercultural Studies. doi:10.1080/07256868.2022.2086227. Link
Sakti, V. K. (2020). Aging in Timorese exile: (Im)mobilities of care and intergenerational relationships. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 18(3), 301-319. doi:10.1080/15350770.2020.1787039. Link
Sakti, V. K. (2017). Im/mobile subjects: identity, conflict and emotion work among East Timorese Meto diaspora. Social Identities, 23(4), 462-477. Link
Sakti, V. K. (2013). ‘Thinking too much’: tracing local patterns of emotional distress after mass violence in Timor-Leste. The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 14(5), 438-454. Link
Contributions to a Collected Edition
Amrith, M., Sakti, V. K., & Sampaio, D. (2023). Introduction. In M. Amrith, V. K. Sakti, & D. Sampaio (Eds.), Aspiring in later life: Movements across time, space, and generations (pp. 1-16). New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. Link
Sakti, V. K. (2023). “It’s like a big family feud!” Researching social trauma and repair through the lens of emotion and culture. In T. Stodulka, A. v. Poser, G. Scheidecker, & J. Bens (Eds.), Anthropologie der Emotionen: Affektive Dynamiken in Kultur und Gestellschaft (pp. 221-228). Berlin: Reimer. Link
Sakti, V. K. (2021). Im/mobile subjects: Identity, conflict and emotion work among East Timorese Meto diaspora. In B. Bräuchler (Ed.), Patterns of im/mobility, conflict and identity. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. Link
Sakti, V. K. (2020). The politics of loss and restoration: Massive bad death in the Oecussi Highlands. In L. Kent, & R. G. Feijo (Eds.), The Dead as Ancestors, Martyrs, and Heroes in Timor-Leste (pp. 159-178). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. LinkSakti, V. K., & Reynaud, A.-M. (2018). Understanding reconciliation through reflexive practice: Ethnographic examples from Canada and Timor-Leste. In G. Millar (Ed.), Ethnographic peace research: approaches and tensions (pp. 159-180). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. Link
Sakti, V. K. (2014). The act of killing and dealing with present-day demons of impunity – a conversation with Joshua Oppenheimer. In T. Stodulka, & B. Röttger-Rössler (Eds.), Feelings at the margins – dealing with violence, stigma and isolation in Indonesia. Frankfurt/M: Campus. Link
Sakti, V. K. (2011). Erinnerungsarbeit in Osttimor: Das Living Memory Project. In H. Myrttinen, M. Schlicher, & M. Tschanz (Eds.), Die Freiheit, für die wir kämpfen – Osttimor in der Unabhängigkeit (pp. 54-57). Berlin: Regiospectra. Link
Sakti, V. K. (2011). Trauern um das Unfassbare. In H. Myrttinen, M. Schlicher, & M. Tschanz (Eds.), Die Freiheit, für die wir kämpfen – Osttimor in der Unabhängigkeit (pp. 48-51). Berlin: Regiospectra. Link
Other
Sakti, V. K. (2021). Blog Post: Die unsichtbare Diaspora. südostasien - Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog. Link
Sakti, V. K. (2018). Blog Post: Portraits of Ageing in Displacement: East Timorese Diasporas in Indonesia. MMG Blog. Link
Sakti, V. K. (2017). Book Review: The Cultural Dimension of Peace: Decentralization and Reconciliation in Indonesia by B. Bräuchler (2015). Journal of Peace Research. Link
Sakti, V. K. (2015). PACSA Bi-Annual Meeting Conference Report. Allegra Lab Blog. Link