Workbook
For Malaysian Families Abroad
Malay, Chinese, Indian, Indigenous — One Country, Four Identities, One Family
Help your family find their identity.
Adults from Malaysian families — Malay, Chinese Malaysian, Indian Malaysian, Orang Asli, Kadazan, Iban, and other communities — living outside Malaysia who want to understand and document what Malaysian identity means in their specific ethnic and family context.
The Name It First Experience
Malaysia is one of the world's most ethnically and religiously diverse countries — and its diaspora carries that complexity everywhere it goes. This workbook examines what Malaysian families actually live with abroad: the bumiputera system's legacy, the identity of Chinese Malaysians who are neither fully Chinese nor fully Malay, the experience of Indian Malaysians whose Tamil roots run three generations deep, and the near-invisible identity of Orang Asli and Borneo indigenous communities. Document what your family carries from Malaysia.
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Sample questions
- What does Malaysian identity mean for your family — and which of the many communities that make up Malaysia is yours?
- Where do you feel the complexity of being Malaysian most — the ethnic identity, the faith, the bumiputera system, or something else?
- What from Malaysia do you most want to carry forward — and what does your family get to name for itself?
Research basis
Grounded in Berry (1997) acculturation theory, Crenshaw (1991) intersectionality, Brah (1996) diaspora theory, and Shamsul (1996) scholarship on Malaysian ethnic identity and national identity formation.
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